
The Lord showed me that I am way too comfortable in my life. Lately I've wondered where my passion to serve Him has gone. And I realized something; I had the greatest passion to serve Him when I was least comfortable--when I was making difficult decisions, not on my own accord, but in the trusting in Jesus Christ. And that's where the word "trust" falls into all this. I'm too comfortable right now, and therefore I don't really need to trust the Lord as much as I would if I were uncomfortable.
Reading through some stuff online, I came upon two great quotes:
1. But God does not call us to be comfortable. He calls me to trust, and if I don't take any risks, then I'm not really growing in trust. That is, I don't get the chance to see how really trustworthy God is. If I listen carefully, God will call me to do things that I could never do on my own. He's calling me to take risks, to face challenges that, when I tackle them with his help, will help me grow.
2. God doesn't call us to be comfortable. He calls us to trust Him so completely that we are unafraid to put ourselves in situations where we will be in trouble if He doesn't come through.
Somewhere in my walk with Christ, I've forgotten how to trust Him full-heartedly.

Therefore I'm going to trust Him. I'm going to let Him take control of my life once again. I'm going to live for His glory. I could seriously use everyone's prayers right now and join Katie and me. Pray for God to continue showing His love, grace, mercy, power & glory, and sovereignty over us. Pray that we would never get to this point of comfortableness again. Pray that we will always trust Him with all whole hearts and lean not to our own understandings.
Praying for you guys, Joey. Thanks for humbly sharing your heart.
ReplyDeleteJoey... I feel the same way at times. I just try to remember to thank Jesus everyday for the awesome blessings He gives which I don't feel I deserve or can't believe I have! This is also a great place to be... just grateful :D Love you Joey!!
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