the state of unrest

we are creatures of comfort. always have been, always will be. unless we make the concerted effort to change. but that change takes us out of our comfort.

we like to stay exactly where we are. maybe i should call this blog . . . changes.

we like whats convienent. because we don't have to work at anything, we can just chill. its what i like to do. but God is definitely into more than just me chilling, because i definitely can't now. its all in that spirit of unrest. a period of havoc.

what i think i want to do, i end up not doing. what i always thought and swore that i wouldn't do, i now want to do. i'm thinking about going into ministry. . . i swear i always thought that that was the last thing i would do. but its what i have a passion for.

sometimes we need to be awakened from out of a state of complacency, convienence. because i definitely can't do anything thats convienent now.

my very first post was about how we create bubbles and how much we like to stay in them. then i go out and create these bubbles and they are all busting up.

job? about to be gone.
relationship? gone.
security? gone.
ministry spot? never the same each week.

and then He is what i am left with. its not profound or anything, but thats where i'm at. we all need to get to that point, because if we're anywhere else we trust in ourselves. maybe thats what poor in spirit means.

we must fight the battle against being comfortable. we always talk about going outside of our comfort zones on missions trips in other countries, a physical comfort zone where we feel awkward around a different group of people.

but what about a spiritual comfort zone? when we feel so secure in what is going on in our lives, that we feel so certain that we are heading in the right direction, that all the answers are so easy. . . . .cause those never really seem to last. leaving that comfort zone and getting to the point where we have to trust in something beyond ourselves. where we are only left with He who has redeemed us, called us by name, and died so that we may have life.

if we just wait for God to do something. . . tell us directly which way to head, i think we might be disappointed. just start moving towards Him . . . and He will direct your path. thats a promise. forget where. . .but its a promise.

so in a state of unrest, i choose to continue to move. praying that He directs my path, that i can be a blessing to those around me. believing that there are great things in store. . .

but i gotta keep moving thats for real, cos baby ain't no standin' still.

be good to each other. look at Christ. cheers.

ps . . . .sorry if i rambled . . . its late and i'm trying to flush this stuff out. . .