Comfortable or Conformable

At a recent event I attended, several people were given Bible verses to read.  Nervously, one person, read the King James Version of Philippians 3:10 this way:  "That I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made comfortable unto death."    Having memorized that verse years ago, I recognized the mistake.

I chuckled to myself because it is SO easy to seek comfort.  

To be comfortable with comfortability (if that's a word).

Then came this morning's devotional thought from My Utmost for His Highest:.  "The proof that we have the vision (a vision of God Himself) is that we are reaching out for more than we have already grasped.  It is a bad thing to be satisfied spiritually....We are apt to look for satisfaction within ourselves and say, 'Now I've got it!  Now I am completely sanctified.  Now I can endure.'  Instantly we are on the road to ruin.  Our reach must exceed our grasp.  Paul said, 'Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on...' (Philippians 3:12).  If we have only what we have experienced, we have nothing.  But if we have the inspiration of the vision of God, we have more than we can experience.  Beware of the danger of spiritual relaxation."
 
By the way, Philippians 3:10 actually reads:  "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death."

...my "flowery bed of ease"...

There IS such a thing as "holy discontent". 

Being conformable to Jesus' death is a far cry from being comfortable!

"Must I be carried to the skies
On flowery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?"

(From "Am I A Soldier of the Cross")