Being a Christian is easy. Sometimes, that is.

But other times, it's not so easy. Jesus was always making religious people feel uncomfortable. He challenged people left and right. He said that unless we hate our father and mother, we couldn't be His disciples. On another occasion, He said that unless we sell all we have and give it to the poor, we couldn't be His disciples.

This picture of what it means to follow Jesus seems quite contrary to how I see it portrayed in US Christianity. We know Jesus deserves a lot from us, because, hey, He was a pretty good guy and all. But ultimately we believe there has to be some kind of material payoff for what we do for Christ.

We don't verbalize the thought "I am serving Jesus so He'll take care of me," but I fear that's really the motivation behind a lot of our actions.

After all, if I go to church one day a week, I can do what I want the other 6 days.

And we all know that if you give Jesus 10%, He'll watch your back.

I don't know about you, but I'm so ready to break past that. I want to be so infused with the Spirit of God that I'm willing to give Him uncomfortable amounts of myself. Not because I'm paying God off, but because that's who I am. I am God's, so whatever He asks, even if it's a bit uncomfortable, is what I'm going to give.

@JacobRiggs