Comforting but never comfortable from Joshua 18:2-7

According to Joshua 18:2-7 Seven of the twelve tribes of Israel were content to just float around without a purpose or a plan. Caleb had came to Joshua in 14:12 and said, “Give me this mountain where the giants live”. Then the families of Judah came forward in the 15th chapter to claim what God had for them.

In the 16th and 17th chapters the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, approach Joshua to receive their inheritance. But these seven tribes had to be exhorted by Joshua as he said in 18:3 “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers has given you?” Complacency had set in for these seven tribes who were content just to hang out instead of occupy. Theses seven tribes had crossed over the Jordan and were (spiritual speaking) baptized into the Spirit. They had witnessed the power of the Lord during seven years of rooting out the enemy. They had witnessed their brethren possess the fullness of what God had for them. And with all of this they didn’t come to Joshua and say “My turn!”

Saint’s there are far too many of God’s precious church who are content to just hang out in their Christian experience instead of coming to their Joshua (Jesus) and saying, “I want it all Lord, I want every spiritual blessing in heavenly places! There are those who view the Church as a place where they can just remain comfortable in the state they are in. Hey Christian, you ought to be comforted in the state you’re in but you must never be comfortable. We need to continue to encourage each other to get up and get going into all that God has for us! I believe that the church must be a comforting place but never a comfortable place!