I recently read Crazy Love by Francis Chan. This book was a nerf gun... full of little foam darts hitting me in the head every time I turned another page.
Here are just a few:
"Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers."
"This place of trust isn't a comfortable place to be; in fact, it flies in the face of everything we've been taught about proper planning. We like finding refuge in what we already have rather than in what we hope God will provide. But when Christ says to count the cost of following Him, it means we must surrender everything. It means being willing to go without an extra tunic or a place to sleep at night, and sometimes without knowing where we are going. God wants us to trust Him with abandon. He wants to show us how He works and cares for us. He wants to be our refuge."
"But 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."
"...you must learn to listen and to obey God, especially in a society where it's easy and expected to do what is most comfortable."
So that brings me to here and now... I have felt for months that God is calling me away from everything comfortable to move someplace I never wanted to go. I don't know what He has for me... I can only assume it must be something incredible! I know the process has been and will continue to be a true lesson in faith. Doing something without it all planned out goes against every fiber in me, it puts me 100% outside of my comfort zone, which is exactly where God wants me... and that gives me peace.
Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way."
2 Thessalonians 3:16
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