There is no reason to ever be Bored

Boredom is a disease. A contagious one. Can’t remember the last (only?) time I caught it. Too busy … thinking, doing, praying, serving, living.

A friend of mine says one of his biggest day-to-day fears is that he will get bored. Perhaps some people are more apt to need constant motivation to pursue new things, to thinki, to serve, to be un-bored.

Christ is the cure to all boredom. Don’t get me wrong, solving our boredom issues is NOT the primary reason Jesus came. He came to satisfy the wrath of God and redeem a people who treasure God as the fountain of all joy. In Him is infinite pleasure, at His right hand forevermore ( Psalm 16:11 ). He satisfies. Therefore, there is no reason to ever be bored.

Dare I say that when we are bored we are tempted to sin, perhaps even sinning already? That is because sin is not just doing evil things; we also sin when we make good things into ultimate things. The sin of idolatry, the most prevalent of all, is to fashion a god after own preference, to worship a false god. When we are not satisfied with God, we produce and chase after thoughts and dreams that are a substitute. Sin is what we do when we are not satisfied with our Creator.

In Christ we have every reason to be happy, full of life, and on this grand adventure with Him. We do not, however, have any reason to be bored.

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice (Phil. 4 )

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Update: this post was already drafted and scheduled to publish, but then moved up in response to Jake’s discussion question: Is boredom a sin?