I am so spoiled. I am so comfortable. As I was looking through my closet tonight, figuring out which clothes to take to Africa, it made me sick to my stomach. I have so many clothes and so many things just sitting in my room because at the time of purchase, I thought these things would fulfill me, make me whole, make me a better person or make people like me better. We are so blindfolded by this world, by satan! We don’t even realize what we have! We have Jesus Christ, the One who shed His blood for our sins, the One who conquered the grave, the One who is risen, and yet we turn to every perishing and temporary thing in this world and we forget about HIM!
I will sleep in my extremely comfortable bed for five more nights. I will take five more comfortable, hot showers. I will play on my Macbook for five more days. I will text people and talk to people on my cell phone for five more days. These are all things that I am pretty attached to and think that I can’t live without. The truth is, I am going to live without these things and it won’t be the end of the world either! Of course, the fleshly part of me doesn’t like to think about not sleeping in my amazing bed or texting people like I have been able to do for years, but are these things really all that important? Nope. It is time to realize that this life is not about me being comfortable all the time. This life is not even about me at all! Actually, I have realized this in the past but have continued to stay comfortable, and now is the time where I give up my comfort for something far more important. Honestly, it is a little scary and a little hard but God has been with me for 21 years so there is not doubt in my mind that He will stick with me the rest of the way!
I keep talking about all these things that make me comfortable but, what if I rid myself of all the worldly things that make me comfortable and just let GOD comfort me? After all, He is the ONLY one who actually knows what I need! This seems like such a simple realization; yet, I have such a hard time grasping this and holding on to it! Maybe that’s why He’s sending me to Africa. Many times we associate “being blessed” with having “stuff” but I am thanking God right now for the opportunity to get away from all this stuff and to be blown away by a Comfort that I have never fully experienced!
I will sleep in my extremely comfortable bed for five more nights. I will take five more comfortable, hot showers. I will play on my Macbook for five more days. I will text people and talk to people on my cell phone for five more days. These are all things that I am pretty attached to and think that I can’t live without. The truth is, I am going to live without these things and it won’t be the end of the world either! Of course, the fleshly part of me doesn’t like to think about not sleeping in my amazing bed or texting people like I have been able to do for years, but are these things really all that important? Nope. It is time to realize that this life is not about me being comfortable all the time. This life is not even about me at all! Actually, I have realized this in the past but have continued to stay comfortable, and now is the time where I give up my comfort for something far more important. Honestly, it is a little scary and a little hard but God has been with me for 21 years so there is not doubt in my mind that He will stick with me the rest of the way!
I keep talking about all these things that make me comfortable but, what if I rid myself of all the worldly things that make me comfortable and just let GOD comfort me? After all, He is the ONLY one who actually knows what I need! This seems like such a simple realization; yet, I have such a hard time grasping this and holding on to it! Maybe that’s why He’s sending me to Africa. Many times we associate “being blessed” with having “stuff” but I am thanking God right now for the opportunity to get away from all this stuff and to be blown away by a Comfort that I have never fully experienced!
If I’m strong…it is God! If I’m weak…..it is definitely God!
“Each time He said, ‘My gracious favor is all you need. My power works best in your weakness.’ So now I am
glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may work through me.”
– 2 Corinthians 12:9 –
Christ has died and Christ is risen, Christ will come again!
