Gen. 12:1-Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Like Abraham, most us of would prefer to be where we are comfortable. According to our logic and rationale, it is just an unfair thing to ask us to remove from our comfort zone. Our comfort zone is where we feel safe and secure. We may not release our gifts, talents, creativity abilities, or get the land that God has for us, but that’s okay, as long as we are comfortable!
Being where we are comfortable enables us to say this, “I know where I am, but I will not know where I am going if I leave.” That’s my point! How will we ever know what God has for us, if we do not free ourselves from our comfort zone? At this point it doesn’t even bring comfort; but has subtly become a trap for the purpose of keeping us from our destiny. Whenever we are so attached to anything more than God, so much so that we cannot leave it though he has commanded us to, we have place ourselves in a precarious position and have no one to blame but ourselves. Obedience and opportunity are not strange bed fellows. They have been happily united for millennia. There will be no opportunities if we cannot be obedient. What is familiar to me may not be where God has ordained that I should be! “Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts…” (Heb. 3:7-8). Is the Holy Spirit telling you to move? Think about all the Jews who descended from Abraham, then ask, “Do I really want to miss a great move of God”?