A Question

Today I made a decision to step out in faith and do something I believe that God has put in place to be a blessing to me. Although I know this would be a huge blessing of extreme proportions It was also something that had me scared for many reasons. The biggest because it will mean big big change in my life. Change for the better, but huge change anyway. the second is that it is something that I have struggled with for years. Most of my life in fact and if this worked like I am sure it would well... lets just say it also would bring me one step closer to total transformation...

In response to this fear I e-mailed someone whom I respect for his professional role in my life as a physician, as well as knowing he is an ordained minister I thought he might lead to some insight into this decision as well as my emotional and spiritual struggle here. my question to him was...

"How come stepping out in faith believing you are doing what God wants you to do strikes fear in our hearts? well at least for me it does... queasy tummy, shaky feeling all over, and almost finding it hard to breathe..." His reply rocked my world once I "got it" I will admit it took me some time to "get it" see if you do... His answer...

"BECAUSE ALL GROWTH TAKES PLACE OUTSIDE THE COMFORT ZONE!! We are never stretched inside our zone, that is why it is called faith... You're going somewhere or believing for something you don't have or have never been."

Ok, I get that. I even believe that and well to be honest I knew that. I think I was whining a bit... However he did not stop there... Oh No, of course he did not! He goes on to write...

"Let me say this, "you can not leave a place you have never been." this means until we each accept where we are right now, reality that is, (no illusions or misperceptions - just being honest with ourselves) we can't move forward because we can't leave a place we have never been (reality of our present place)!!! "

Now I read that and reread that and read it some more. Printed it out and read it, reread it, prayed about it, prayed over it, asked God to help me get it... took it with me at lunch time to read it some more... returned from lunch and read it again, reread it again... O MY... I think I get it... read it again... Oh No! I get it!!! I cry... My God continues to overwhelm me! talk about having problems with breathing... it took me some time to compose myself and reply back to him...

Do you get it? read it until you do... Pray about it until God reveals it to you! WOW our God is AWESOME!!! I have much to commit to prayer about tonight!

Blessings,