The Comforter.

Comfort Zone. When I hear this word, so many times I think, “Oh, no… what is coming next?” We are told to get out of our comfort zones and to not be comfortable, but why? So many times in life, the Lord has taken me out of my comfy little place and transplanted me to somewhere new. He may not move us to a new location (but many times it has been), but sometimes a new place in life or a new season of change. “When God moves us out of our comfort zone- into places that are way bigger than us, places that are difficult, hard, painful- that even hurt- this is a gift.” Change is a gift? My fleshly self has a hard time settling the fact that change is a gift. These hard places give us the fit of intimately knowing God- in ways that would never be possible in our comfort zones.” We have to retrain our minds to know that when God displaces us out of our comfy little spot we have nestled in, He is often moving us into Christ’s zone.

[[And the Holy Spirit, our Comforter, comforts us when we step outside our comfort zone. It’s only in the uncomfortable places that we can experience the tenderness of the Comforter.]]

How many times have I been so hesitant to make a change or felt so miserable in the “valley” of life only to look back and see how the Lord’s intentional hand was right in the middle of the situation? There is a “ecstatic joy that is found outside of static comfort zones- because its moving out to where the Spirit moves. The Spirit is never static. Never standstill. Like the wind, the Spirit always moves. Joy is found in Him.”

Trust the Lord in moving you out of our rut of comfort. Let Him rock your boat a little. I guarantee that if you keep your eyes on the Lord, He will totally sweep you off your feet. He knows what the valley is like. He will meet you there.

{excerpts taken from “A Holy Experience”.}