Misery and Goodness

Last night a song was played at the end of church by "We As Human".  One of the lines of the chorus stated., "We're comfortably miserable."  This has been rattling around in my brain for the last 24 hours.  I don't want to be comfortably miserable.

What I mean is this...Am I so comfortable in my misery that I am looking for ways to BE miserable.  If God answered each of my prayers and took away the things that made me miserable would I still find something to be miserable about?

God is good!  His WORD proves it.  He answers prayers!  His WORD proves it!  And yet I wallow in my misery some days.  I think, "if only...".  And yet His goodness doesn't change.  Psalm 68:10 states, "in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy."  Hebrews 6:5 talks of tasting the goodness of God.  He IS inherently good!  And yet...

Why am I so content to be comfortably miserable?  What is comfortable about misery?  I believe the answer lies in my inconsistency of seeking the holiness of God.  Seeking His face and plan for my life.  In misery we get to identify with the world.  Yet we are called to be separate from the world.  In being separate we have to choose to be content and not miserable.  We have to rest in HIS abundant goodness.  I am so very thankful that God's goodness isn't dependent on me.  If I could remember that maybe I would break out of the tendency to be miserable.