I’ve been carrying this thought for a while, and I can’t shake it…
I don’t know if I’m the only one who thinks like this… but sometimes, I just pause and think back to my growing up years and I remember.
I remember the kind of consecration our parents walked in. I’m speaking from the point of view of a PK (pastor’s kid), so maybe that colours my perspective a bit. But even if you didn’t grow up in a pastor’s home, maybe you saw it too—the way our parents gave their all.
They prayed—deep, agonizing prayers that sometimes stretched into the night.
They gave—sacrificially, not because they had plenty, but because they loved deeply.
They showed up—faithfully, in and out of season, in strength and in struggle.
They lived for the gospel. And some were even ready to die for it.
And then I look at us—at myself—and sometimes I just wonder…
Is it the same heaven we’re all journeying toward?
Because God hasn’t changed.
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8)
If He hasn’t changed… what has?
Of course, not all change is bad. We have more access now—more tools, more knowledge, more platforms, more opportunities.
But we also have more distractions. More comfort. More convenience.
And if we’re not careful, we start measuring our walk with God by what’s easy, not by what’s eternal.
This is what’s been on my heart lately.
Has convenience watered down our consecration?
Have we mistaken ease for alignment? Comfort for calling?
Jesus said in Luke 9:23,
“If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”
That verse doesn’t change just because the world around us has gotten faster.
And when I read verses like 2 Timothy 2:4:
“No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”
—I’m reminded that we are in a spiritual battle. That following Jesus still requires dying to self, living differently, and being fully surrendered.
So this isn’t a guilt trip.
It’s just a heart-to-heart.
A moment to pause and ask some honest questions.
Am I still fully surrendered?
Have I become too familiar with grace that I’ve forgotten the cost?
Am I truly living for the same heaven they lived for?
Maybe you’ve been feeling that nudge too—that gentle whisper pulling you back to deeper waters. Maybe it’s time to realign. To lay something down. Or to pick something up again. Not out of pressure—but out of love. Out of hunger. Out of a desire to truly please the One who called you.
Because if His standard hasn’t changed… maybe it’s time something in us does.
Three generations in one picture — my mom, my sisters, and my daughters. A reminder that while times and generations may change and culture may shift, the gospel we’ve been entrusted with remains the same. God’s standard has not changed.
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