I started reading through Hosea last week and read about Hosea and Gomer. Hosea was a prophet to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. God told Hosea to take Gomer as his wife and that she would be unfaithful to him. Seems crazy, but Hosea did what God told him to do. I put myself in that situation and I don't know what I would do. When God tells me to do something that seems a little bit crazy and illogical, I have to ask Him if He's sure I'm suppose to do it. And then of course I'll give my excuses like 'That's out of my comfort zone' or 'I'm not sure how to approach the situation.' Sometimes I'll run the opposite direction like Jonah did. But here's Hosea, he goes out and does it. He took a step of faith not knowing what God's plan was. I want to be able to step up to the plate and have God use me how He wants to.
The past 2 years I've grown a lot and on several occasions, stepped out of my comfort zone and did what I felt God leading me to do. Things like going on a youth trip, talking to someone I didn't know sitting by themselves and getting to know some of my co-workers more personally. I've even done some things that seemed crazy to me, and way out of my comfort zone, that God told me to do. Prime example: I volunteered to help out Middle School Youth For Christ this past school year. That wasn't the craziest part though... The crazy part was when I thought about dropping out, God told me to keep helping out, and I stayed.
What's something you've done that's out of your comfort zone that God told you to do?
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Ugh ----- yeah. Leaving my country to move to a new country as a missionary.....that was hard....but God has truly blessed me.
God told me to swallow some fear to talk to a shouting street evangelist on my campus a few years ago. I knew I couldn't convince him that shouting at college students was of little help to Christianity, but I needed to not be afraid of conflict, even when the man insulted my faith. I was so scared! But while I was there, God gave me a great calm.
Always, always blessings in adversity.
@Neeka1 - Yeah, I could imagine. To uproot and move to another country. That would be hard.
@maje_charis - I'm glad you learned something from that experience.
Saying "I'll take the job if you'll provide for me". It was difficult to say that especially when I was scared out of my wits about the future. I still get the feeling of being overwhelmed. I'm three hours from friends, family, and my boyfriend and that's nerve wracking seeing as the longest I've ever been away from family is 6 days at a youth camp, but then again I was with friends. There are times the only that's gotten me through is the rememberance that God is there and I will never be led down a path that God knows I can't handle.