Beautifully Uncomfortable

I like being comfortable. I enjoy the finer comforts of life, but where does it lead me? The more comfortable I am, the more I want to stay where I am at, and for me that means I will probably fall asleep. It is the same for situations and circumstances in my life: the more comfortable I am in them, the more I want to just stay where I am. In other words, comfort does not promote action or movement, it promotes the opposite: inactivity, or for me sleep.

Nowhere in Scripture can you find God’s promise that we will be comfortable while we are here on earth. What God does promise is that He will comfort us in times of trouble or distress. This is probably why God is most felt when we need Him the most.

So for those looking for God to show up and move in their lives, one should look for what promotes movement. Quite often, the promotion of movement and activity is being uncomfortable. So let’s cut to the chase: comfort promotes inactivity, and uncomfortable promotes activity. Inactive and still can lead to stagnant, so why then pursue comfort? Discomfort then is what promotes movement and change, so why would we not pursue being uncomfortable?

Satan doesn’t have to convince us to do bad things, all he really needs us to do is to get comfortable, and bad things will happen. We need to change our view of comfort: when uncomfortable or discomfort is viewed not as a tool of the enemy, but a beautiful opportunity to create movement, it becomes nothing short of godly.

Be beautifully uncomfortable this week.

In His grip,

Pastor Pat