Is being comfortable a good thing? Many might look at that and say, yeah it's all about me and my comfort. I don't think that I want to be comfortable. I don't want to live my life only doing what is inside my little comfort bubble. I think that some of the times that God uses people the most is when they are willing to be used by Him and step out in faith. Is it comfortable to move to a big city where you don't know anyone, but all you know is that the Lord is urging you to? No. Is it nice to have to give up little luxuries during the day to make yourself more productive? No, but it's worth it.
I sometimes fear that I am getting too comfortable. I have a nice living situation aka free, I have a job, the government practically pays me to go to school, I have a close group of godly friends. All of this is wonderful, but am I too comfortable? I asked my pastor the other day to decide my life for me. Ha. That might sound funny, but my pastor knows me and I have a high level of respect for him and his advice. I talked to him about what I should do for college next year. Sebring looks like an awesome option. I would maintain all the things that I listed above and I would have an awesome church to call home. But am I too comfortable?
I bet that you are tired of the seeing that word. I've only used it in every other sentence. What does this mean for me though? I need to step outside what I am used to and what I am comfortable in. I need to be willing to go that extra mile to talk to someone I don't usually talk to. I need to do whatever God directs me to do with my life, whether it is living in Sebring all the rest of my life or if it is marrying a missionary and living in Africa. I don't know exactly what the future holds, but I do know that I do not want my comfortableness to lead to apathy. That's the worst thing that could happen. I do not want to be too comfortable that I lose sight of the plan that God has for me.
I guess it's all about living my life with an open hand. I have to be obedient in the situation God has me in now, but when something comes up and the Lord wants to move me...I want to be ready to listen and obey. When He takes something out of my hand, I need to be willing to let Him fill it back up.
"To You I give my future, as long as it may last.
To You I give my present, to You I give my past."
I sometimes fear that I am getting too comfortable. I have a nice living situation aka free, I have a job, the government practically pays me to go to school, I have a close group of godly friends. All of this is wonderful, but am I too comfortable? I asked my pastor the other day to decide my life for me. Ha. That might sound funny, but my pastor knows me and I have a high level of respect for him and his advice. I talked to him about what I should do for college next year. Sebring looks like an awesome option. I would maintain all the things that I listed above and I would have an awesome church to call home. But am I too comfortable?
I bet that you are tired of the seeing that word. I've only used it in every other sentence. What does this mean for me though? I need to step outside what I am used to and what I am comfortable in. I need to be willing to go that extra mile to talk to someone I don't usually talk to. I need to do whatever God directs me to do with my life, whether it is living in Sebring all the rest of my life or if it is marrying a missionary and living in Africa. I don't know exactly what the future holds, but I do know that I do not want my comfortableness to lead to apathy. That's the worst thing that could happen. I do not want to be too comfortable that I lose sight of the plan that God has for me.
I guess it's all about living my life with an open hand. I have to be obedient in the situation God has me in now, but when something comes up and the Lord wants to move me...I want to be ready to listen and obey. When He takes something out of my hand, I need to be willing to let Him fill it back up.
"To You I give my future, as long as it may last.
To You I give my present, to You I give my past."
1 comment:
Emily! Almost every day I go to the nursing home and it is NOT comfortable...
I wondered if all the stress it brings me was a bad thing and if I need to get out of it somehow, but somehow I think God's using it to make me stronger... which is so hard. A lady told me last night that I cannot let it get to me (invade my thoughts and change my attitude and the way I talk to people). Anyway, it is good to think about this... and the great thing is you know whatever happens you have a home to come back to: a wonderful family, loving church/friends, awesome pastor, and of course Lake Jackson :). I canNOT wait to see you soon...
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