Song lyrics I CAN NOT get out of my head right now:

"Don't teach me about/moderation and liberty/I'd prefer a shot of grape juice

Don't teach me about/loving my enemies

Don't teach me how/to listen to the Spirit/just give me a new law

I don't want to know/if the answers aren't easy

So just break it down/from the mountain to me"

The sermon I listened to this morning on my way to work was about the same thing.  I am so glad that it's not as simple as "7 steps to following Jesus with all your heart."  It's a relationship.

"Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."  John 17:3

All through college I fought a Christianity of "throwing out the baby with the bath water" to make God easier.  It's a lot easier to never go into a bar than to have just one drink and stop.  It's a lot easier to ban "swear words" than to "...not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen" (Eph. 4:29).  

It's a lot easier to read your Bible than to help the poor.  It's a lot easier to go and sit in a church building on Sunday than to love your neighbor.  It's a lot easier to pray to God to heal you than to believe that He will.

I've preached all this for a long time...but I haven't really lived it out.  It's always "I can help the poor better when I have more."  "I can go into missions after I complete such-and-such a task."  What am I doing in the meantime?  How am I living my life to the full?  How am I following Jesus?