Are we willing to be Inconvenienced?

In the Gospels, we see that Jesus lived a life that was constantly being interrupted, yet He never treated people as distractions.

He paused for the hurting, listened to the overlooked, and served even when He was tired. What others might have seen as an inconvenience, He saw as an opportunity to love.

The brutal truth is that we often prefer a version of faith that fits comfortably into our routines. We are willing to serve when it suits us, help when we have spare time, and love when it feels easy.

But love that is only offered when convenient is limited love.

The example we see in Jesus did not love from a place of convenience, but from a place of surrender. He made room for people in the middle of His journey, not just in the gaps in His schedule.

This should challenge us deeply. Do we see interruptions as burdens or as moments where Christ can work through us? Sometimes the truest test of Christ in us is not found in planned acts of service, but in unexpected moments:

When someone needs us, and we feel busy. When kindness requires extra effort. When serving costs us comfort.

Inconvenience often reveals what we truly value.

If Christ lives in us, then our lives should reflect His posture: available, compassionate, and interruptible.

Are we guarding our comfort more than we are open to love? Do we avoid inconvenience, or do we remain willing to be used, even when it disrupts us?

Perhaps the deeper question is not how passionately we love God in visible moments, but how willingly we love others in inconvenient ones, the quiet interruptions where Christ-like love is actually lived, not just professed.