One night a young boy falls out of bed and begins to cry.  His mother rushes in and asks, “What happened?”  The young boy replies, “I guess I stayed too close to where I got in at.”

It doesn’t take much searching in this great nation to meet Christians who “stay too close to where they got in at” in regards to their relationship with Christ.  It doesn’t make much sense to hang on the edge of a king-sized bed, hoping against hope that you can ride the line and not fall off.

And it makes even less sense to spend your life supposedly following Christ and yet working to stay fully committed to a secular lifestyle.

Why don’t we WANT to move in as far as we can?  Why do we think we can play this game of nominalism and not fall away?  When new Christians see veteran church leaders riding the line of worldliness, are we not perpetuating the cycle?

I want to move in as deeply as I can.  I want to be as far away from the edge as possible.  I’m not just talking about moral living, I’m talking about living with a reckless abandon for Christ that never looks back.

Lord, tuck me in tight.

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