Journey Day 224

So as I've mentioned before I love my church. The preaching is solid, the worship is inspirational and the people are more family than friend. First off, I got to work with the little kiddies today... SO much fun! Then I handed out flyers for the bible study I go to, and finally I got to sit and enjoy the service. We had a guest preacher today because our usual pastor was out of town. His name is Dr Dave Early, and he is a professor at my school. He talked about how as a part of the great commission we are supposed to go forth and make disciples, but before we can do that we need to learn faith and obedience. Something that he talked about that really hit me hard was this question... "What is keeping you from obeying God?" I sat there and thought about it... what is it in my life that is keeping me from truly obeying God? And then it hit me. This is going to sound strange probably, but the thing that is keeping me from obeying God in everything is the love of my life... the love of how comfortable I am. I love comfort, and hate stepping outside of that zone. I really like my life "as is" but I know God is like "Throw aside your comfort and follow me. Step outside of your zone and see what awaits you! Yes when you jump it may sting at first, but staying where you are right now is too dangerous. Being out of My will is never right." How can I be courageous for the name of Christ? What new ways can I find to step outside my comfort zone? Will I be  willing to die to myself each day? I don't like the idea of jumping into stuff without a safety net, but I know I'm not called to a safe life so I need to push the net aside and go forth!