become iconoclastic - The Comfort Trap - Tim Bascom

The Comfort Trap

We may need to become iconoclastic if we are to be set free spiritually. Aling Nena was afraid that she wouldn't be protected or safe without her Virgin Mary[statue]. Those of us from the First World are afraid that we won't be safe without other icons: a salary to cover all needs, insurance for every imaginable problem, credit cards to cover unexpected costs, a home in a safe neighborhood, enough cars to avoid inconvenience, all the comforts that money can provide.

We pay heavily for such security, and not just in money. For “what good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?” (Mt 16:26).

Christ once said, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” (Mt 19:24).

He knew that living inside the cocoon of prosperity, people are cut off from reality. Outside it, they are able to see and feel again. Their spirits awaken. 

I HAVE NOT WATCHED THE MONEY TRAP,

I THINK I WILL.