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Are We Putting Lids On Our Christianity?

The story is told of an experiment that was once conducted with fleas in an ordinary canning jar. The fleas were placed in the jar and the lid was left off. After a short time, all of the fleas had successfully jumped out of the jar.

Another group of fleas was then placed in the jar, but this time the lid was placed on the top. For a while, the fleas consistently jumped high enough to hit the lid, but could not get out. Soon, all of the fleas were still jumping, but they were jumping just short of the lid.

Once this happened, the lid was removed. None of fleas ever made it out of the jar. You see, they had found their comfort zone and thus found no reason to challenge themselves any longer.

What about us as Christians? Have we, like the fleas in the above story, found our “comfort zone” and are thus no longer motivated to challenge ourselves in successfully doing the Lord’s work? And are we sometimes guilty of putting lids on the minds of other members within the body of Christ?

Are we putting lids on our Christianity?

Let’s think about it! And then involve ourselves in doing the Lord’s work!