Bewitched by Comfort The Drift That Makes Men Passive

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick

Many men assume deception looks like obvious falsehood. They think it will show up as something blatantly wrong, something their conscience can spot instantly. But one of the most common forms of spiritual deception is not loud. It is comfortable. It does not attack your beliefs first. It attacks your discipline. It does not try to make you hate God. It tries to make you passive.

That is why comfort is such a dangerous form of bewitching. It does not say, abandon your faith. It says, delay obedience. It does not say, reject holiness. It says, take it easy. It does not say, deny the Word. It says, you can do it tomorrow.

Comfort bewitching often produces these patterns.

• Delayed obedience

• Compromise labeled as balance

• Laziness labeled as burnout

• Sin labeled as struggle

• Unbelief labeled as realism

The scary part is that comfort bewitching can happen while you still attend church, still love worship, still believe the Bible is true, and still consider yourself faithful. But your edge is gone. Your urgency is gone. Your discipline is gone. You are no longer fighting, you are coasting.

The cure is not hype. The cure is discipline. Not legalism. Not performance. Discipline. It is the daily decision to do what God said regardless of mood. Discipline is what protects you from drift. Discipline is how men stay strong when feelings are weak.

Here is a simple reset for men who sense passivity creeping in.

• Decide one obedience move you will stop delaying

• Set a daily time for Scripture even if it is short

• Speak one verse out loud each morning

• Remove one comfort habit that has made you spiritually numb

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