Forgive me if today’s message is a little too heavy.
You see Lent is a time for self-examination, and during that self-examination we confront our “demons.” Easier said than done. When I say “demons” I don’t mean chocolate, oatmeal raisin cookies, or that extra glass of wine. In this context I am talking about the demons, the powers and things, that keep us away from God.
It is normal to want to hold on to our demons. They keep us comfortable; they prevent the world from seeing the real person God wants us to be. We fool ourselves that God doesn’t see the demons as well.
But God doesn’t want us to be normal and comfortable. Normal keeps God at a distance. God wants us to use Lenten self-examination to lose our demons. He wants us to acquire the humility, the nerve, the openness of self that allows us to reach out to God as God reaches out to us, and be the person he wants us to be.
Self-examination is important, but like love it also requires action. Action to let go of those comfortable demons that keep us at a distance from God.
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