If you always do
What you’ve always done
You’ll always be
What you’ve always been.
~ Josh McDowell
One of my favorite places in the world is right in the middle of my comfort zone! I suspect you could say the same. We feel safe surrounded by people we know and love. It’s easy to do what we know we have the ability to do. Within our comfort zones, life is predictable and secure. Like most people, I have generally been content to dwell within the narrow confines of my own zone of comfort and predictability.
Lately, however, my heart has been pierced with a longing to know what life is like beyond the self-protective walls that surround me. I built them as shields against anything that would threaten the security of my familiar little world; I am coming to understand that they are actually barriers keeping me from the abundant life God wants me to experience.
I love the quote from Josh McDowell at the beginning of this article. It tells me that in order to grow as a person, and as a child of God, I must be willing to venture into unfamiliar territory. This involves, among other things, taking steps to reach out in love to people I am uncomfortable around or intimidated by. It means learning to say “yes” to opportunities I might otherwise have said “no” to because I was afraid of failing. How wonderful to know that if I am willing to take steps of faith like these, my life on earth can become the adventure of trust in God it was intended to be!
But there is no way I can leave my comfort zone on my own strength. It is only as I take the hand of God and let Him lead me into the unknowns of His plan for my life that I will be set free. Only then will I truly be able to comprehend the depth of His love and provision. Only then will I grow beyond what I have always been and become what He has always wanted me to be.
No comments:
Post a Comment