I Lost The Word & Stepping Out Of Our Comfort Zone

I Lost The Word

Have you ever felt as though you lost the word of God in your life? This past week we were in Louisiana, and somehow, somewhere I misplaced my bible. Although I have many bibles, this one had a different place in my eyes and heart. I first bought this bible when I was freshly saved and over these past 3 and a half years or so I have truly come to know Christ so much through His Spirit and reading this very bible. Notes upon notes, personal treasure that most likely wouldn’t mean anything to anyone else but means more than a million dollars to me, all these things were held within this bible. All of a sudden I found myself without my word. Don’t get me wrong I still will read my other bibles but this tool that God had used so much to bring me nearer to Him is gone. But also with the hurt of not finding my beloved bible, I was reminded of some times in my Spiritual life where I felt I had lost the word.

There has been days, even weeks in my life where it seemed as though the soft words of promise the Lord gave me seemed to be utterly lost. Not as though I had forgotten these blessed promises but more so that the promise itself seemed to be lost. I would become restless of waiting and began to look for Jesus but to no avail. I couldn’t hear Him, see Him, neither could I feel His existence. Beloved, you yourself may be going through this very trial of faith as we speak, but do not give up! He is still right by your side just as He promised. Keep praying! Keep believing! He will once more reveal Himself to you in His perfect time. You will know Him deeper, more passionately in the end. Have faith in God.

The Wife’s Note: Stepping out of Our Comfort Zone

                There have been plenty of times in my life that I have felt God may have wanted me to move beyond my comfort zone and I stood still. In my head I would come up with excuses such as “Maybe I just feel I should do that and God is not really calling me to make that extra step” or I would feel like I would just embarrass myself, at the end of the day though I always ended up regretting that I stood still. I felt as though I had failed the Lord and of course I would ask forgiveness and for HIM to give me the knowledge and courage to move beyond the point of worrying about myself to just focus on him. Pushing past the concern of “Self” and moving when the Lord says move has always been a struggle for me, not because I want to fail the Lord, but simply because I am shy. The Lord will change that though and he is changing that! Being on the road for the short time I have I realized there is no room for shyness, the Lord knows exactly how to help break past our comfort zone. He is using this ministry to help me move beyond my comfort level to a new place for the Lord. There is no telling what he will be doing in my life since I have come into the ministry. The doors are wide open and I am ready to set all comfort zones aside and give it my best shot. The question I have for you is simply this… are you? Let us take that step of faith.