Are You Really Prepared To Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone To Serve God ? Lately God has been strongly telling me its not about me ! I have been struggling with a situation involving others and in order to do what God wants me to do I had to turn my own comfort zone inside out . Yet, God tells me yes son it will be hard , emotionally , giving my time, and financialy but I will get you through it. Now at this point I am aware that according to my standards my life is going to be upside down for awhile , but by Gods standards I am doing the right thing and He will get me through it and make the situation better for the people involved and that glory goes to Him. When the Holy spirit tugs at you, you need to listen and do what He says. We need to get out of our comfort level and truly trust God. That is what I am doing now. Jesus asks His followers in Matthew 16:24 to die to themselves , to take up their crosses and follow after Him . Now taking up a cross and dying to ones own self is not a easy thing to do as it is not comfortable. Yet, we as Christians need to be willing to step outside our comfort zone and into any situation in which God calls us to do. Lets face it in todays society the very act of becoming a Christian can put one in unfamiliar and hostile territory . However as Believers in Christ we need to listen as Christ tells His followers to stop seeking earthly riches , or not to worry about the future, and to live sacrificially to seek the good of others, all of this runs contrary to the values of the world. These teachings call Christians to live a lifestyle radically different from what they were accustomed to before their conversion. Placing ones faith in Jesus Christ for salvation requires a big step outside our comfort zones. We are naturally bent away from God in our very nature and our natural inclination is to rely on ourselves in some way to be saved: we think we can just be good people or that our wealth proves Gods favor or that by performing certain actions we can cancel out our sins. But this is insufficient. To surrender ourselves completely to God, to place our faith exclusively in Jesus Christ to save us, requires us to deny our instinct to save ourselves as written in the book of Ephesians 2:8 . In this sense all Christians step outside their comfort zones simply by becoming Christians . But what about our day to day lives? Having given ourselves over to Christ , how should we be stepping outside our own comfort zones? It just may mean associating with people we previously saw as uncomfortably different or even threatening like helping in a soup kitchen, or simply being seen in a place where society looks down on you, or just discussing Christ in a public place. The main point here is we should not stop serving Christ merely because of our discomfort. We should be willingly to place ourselves in new situations , even in uncomfortable ones, this is for the sake of seeing the Kingdom advance. The apostles literally gave up all their earthly possessions in order to serve God. Read this in ( Matthew 19:27) . The apostles willingly went into situations where they can be arrested, threatened, and possibly killed. Undoubtedly, they put themselves well outside their comfort zones. As Christians, we too, should should be willing to go into radically uncomfortable circumstances if thats what is required to serve God the way He desires. Now this does not mean that every action we take as Christians should make us uncomfortable. What it does mean is that we are called to serve God regardless of our comfort level , and we should never shrink from a chance to serve God merely because it is outside our wanted routine. We should consider how we can best serve God through the talents He gave us. For example, a person who has a gift for teaching should not seek to only teach those she feels comfortable with, neglecting more undesirable students. If we can best serve God in a certain way, we must trust God will see to it that things work out for our good and for His plan as written in ( Romans 8:28). All Christians , then, should be willing to step outside of their comfort zones , though that might mean a variety of different things from person to person. Today, you like me may have a situation which will require you to step out of your comfort zone, we need to do what God needs us to do ( not what man needs us to do ) . We need to take comfort as we enter a new and uncomfortable situation as God will never leave us nor forsake us. As Father is teaching me this , I felt it needed to be shared with you all! I pray it may help others with situations in their lives. Remember God loves you unconditionally . May God bless each and every one of you, as apostle Paul says, may Grace and peace be with you! Have a great day, make today your day to step out of your comfort zone !
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:07:20 +0000
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