My posts when I’m scripting them in my mind, usually begin with a thought and then I have a going back and forth with my thoughts and connections I make; it’s like I’m writing the posts internally before I get them down on paper. Sometimes I hear them, sometimes I jot little notes down for later or other times I let them go and dismiss them. Today I grabbed a hold of the thoughts and began meditating upon them and this is what came forth:

Comparing yourself to someone else isn’t usually healthy or helpful. However, when you’re a believer in Christ, this can be a useful gauge to track the progression of your faith; using other fellow believers in Christ in your vacinity. If we are to sharpen one another as the Bible says, how is this possible if your brother or sister is struggling with either the same things you are or they’re living in a state of defeat; being overcome with wrong thoughts, wrong actions, and wrong circumstances?

It’s true to say that if someone remains in the same spot for long enough, it can be relatively easy to fall into the trap that there becomes no need, no urge, no push to get out of the pit and if that’s us we need to recognize that. If someone is in the same boat as everyone else in their sphere of influence, it could be said that there may be something wrong; not just physically but spiritually. It may be happening in fellowshipping with the wrong people or listening to wrong teaching or not listening to the right teaching.

If there’s not a check in your spirit and you’ve remained in the same spot for many years, that’s a good sign you’re living comfortably. I believe this is the number one enemy of our success in Christ. I’ve heard it said that the place you can find the most people with the most potential is in a graveyard.

Now, I realize that we as believers become a family with church members or friends, so some choose to remain in the same place for fear of change. But what if you stepped out in faith and started following God’s leading to be an overcomer through Christ? What if you were challenged and strengthened in a new atmosphere with new people who are further along in their faith walks, so you could become a tool, a special utensil for honorable use?

You don’t want to sit idle and waste your life floundering around in the dark, especially if as a believer you have the Spirit of God living in you. You are to be enlightening and rejoicing the hearts of others because of the light we carry within us.

I took a step back a little over a year ago as I was pursuing healing, health, and wholeness in my brain physically, in my heart spiritually, in my soul emotionally and seeking change in my life overall. I had to question a lack in my own life. I have served the Lord for many years on my own in public as well as in the church. Where I was residing, I had not been serving in church and I got comfortable there. There was no need. No growth, just comfort.

However, I had felt a pull for a long time to teach people how to grasp freedom in Christ, using His Word as their Source. I really didn’t know how I was to do that. I knew what I had experienced without truly understanding it or even how to explain it. I almost stepped into starting a ministry in my own power but in the end I backed away from that. I sensed it the wasn’t the time.

My family relocated into a different church. I couldn’t explain it to the leadership of the prior church but somehow, I got confirmation and the Holy Spirit led us to go where we were supposed to be fellowshipping. I can say, in this amount of time I have noticed a substantial change in myself, my thoughts and my words; as well as in my husband. Like many, we don’t depend upon our church to be the only spiritual food we receive throughout the week. We both have plugged into some great teachers and spiritual mentors to help us along in our journey’s. I really feel like something is ahead and I’m praying Scriptures regarding this in faith for both of us.

I guess the point I wanted to get across to my reader is just to encourage you that if you’re comfortable but not growing or being challenged in your faith where you are, you may want to consider if you’re in need of a change. In the Bible there were followers of God who stepped out and attempted impossible situations, did amazing acts, as they were led to by the Spirit of God to move locations even packing everything they owned and moving into new countries. Often times these people were loners or stepped out of the normal temple crowd or churchy flow in order to bow the knee, spend time with the Lord getting to know Him personally, or getting refreshment from His Spirit to prepare them for His call.

Just really pray on this and listen for answers. Write your thoughts down. God is always speaking to us, but we aren’t always aware. Get alone, take time away from life in the fast lane and enjoy growth and prosperity in your relationship with the Lord. As the Word of God says, those who humble themselves will be exalted.