The Push

The push into our life's calling to "make disciples" is not an easy one. Our comfort zones are like security blankets that we cling to. When confronted with this seemingly impossible mission Christ has called and commanded us to partake in, we struggle between trust/obedience and safety/security. It is the nature of our flesh to strive for the comfortable/familiar. That's why we get the knot in the pit of our stomachs and the stiffness in our necks from tension everytime we are challenged to launch into the "unfamiliar" realm of trusting God. For many in the church, the fact that trusting God is unfamiliar is tragic. Maybe we need to make a practice of daily meditating on Proverbs 3:5-6 as a constant reminder. Protecting our comfort zones don't keep God at a safe distance, they push Him out of our lives, while He is simultaneously trying to push us into a lost world to embrace Him and engage His mission. Every time we push back we sin, and we will not win the pushing contest as long as we're pushing. Go ahead and surrender! That's the point! Winning in terms of God's kingdom only happens by losing (Matthew 10:39; 16:24-25).