The Journal of an Honest Mom

I’ve been thinking about this lately, and it’s something I struggle with myself.
Why is complacency so accepted in Christian circles?
If I go to church, give the “right” Christian answers, and generally stay away from the obvious sins, people assume everything is okay.
We rightfully take things like drunkenness, drug use, premarital sex, adultery, murder, and stealing seriously. I’m not saying we shouldn’t. But why does complacency seem to get a pass?
I ask because I’m guilty of it.
I want a close relationship with God. I genuinely do. But if I’m being honest, I often have little motivation to do the things that actually cultivate that relationship. That’s not God’s fault. That’s mine.
Yet I’ve realized that if I keep showing up to church and checking the boxes, no one really questions it. In some ways, it almost feels normal because I think a lot of us are in the same place.
When did “being a good church member” become enough? When did checking boxes replace actually pursuing Christ?
I’m not pointing fingers at anyone else. If anything, I’m pointing one right back at myself. I’m just wondering why being lukewarm seems so acceptable when Scripture warns us against it.