What is life if you don't live it for Jesus? ….It's a missed opportunity
I've been comfortable and complacent. I've been living at home for two weeks now- since graduation and it's been wonderful. I like being at home. It's comfortable, I'm around my family, I have my dog, I have my big comfy warm bed, I have routine, it's more relaxed because I'm not involved in a million things, it's…..comfortable. The relaxed atmosphere of home has lead me to thoughts of living at home in Spartanburg for an extended time and it seems perfect. I mean why not? It's nice, it's comfortable, it's more relaxed, it full of love, it has memories, its… comfortable. You know what it really is? It's complacency, and that is not how we are called to live. We are called to not be lukewarm we are called to live for Jesus. If we become so complacent and wrapped up in being comfortable then we are missing opportunities. If we are not being pushed out of our comfort zones then we are not striving to live for Jesus- We are missing opportunities.
In the midst of my complacency of living I have also become complacent in my walk. If you'll allow me to be honest and vulnerable (I've realized we are all broken and I will never be perfect as much as I want to be so that's why I feel like it's okay for me to share this). My walk has become complacent, I haven't spent time with Jesus since I've been home- THIS IS EXACTLY what being comfortable will do. I know it will never be perfect but it can be better. It can be more. It can grow. I can read my Bible more. I can give everything to my Heavenly Father who loves me immensely more than I can even imagine. I can choose not be complacent.
That's why I'm even MORE excited about the World Race if that's even possible. I am excited to grow. I am excited to not live complacently. I am excited to become a mature adult in Christ rather than living out a childish walk. I'm ready, I'm ready to do this. I'm ready to not live complacently. I'm ready to not live comfortably. I'm ready to get out of my type A mentality and live freely in God's will. I'm ready to be swept off my feet by Him filled and full of the Holy Spirit.
Something that I haven't shared that is part of following His will, is that I have changed routes. I have put a lot of prayer and meditation into this decision and instead of leaving in July with the Q squad, I will be leaving in September with W squad. That also means the countries I will be visiting are different as well. I will be going to: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, India, Nepal, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. I am SO excited about this new route and I am more and more confident this is God's will. I have been humbled and amazingly blessed by the support I have received and I am excited and very humbled to say that I am fully funded for my trip. Thank you for the support I've gotten financially and prayerfully it is not only giving me the opportunity to reach people of all nations but it is also allowing me to not be complacent.
If there is one thing I could say to wrap up it would be to not be complacent don't be comfortable- live your life for Jesus if you don't it's a missed opportunity. Maybe not being comfortable for you is not packing up and living out of a backpack for a year, but maybe it's talking to a stranger that you know needs a friend, maybe its walking closer to the Lord, maybe it's living your life to the best you can, whatever it is if you feel like it's out of your comfort-zone and you do it with the love of Jesus Christ then I can promise you that you are not missing any opportunities.
If you feel complacent and don't know how to get out of this complacency listen to this Jesus Culture song. Listen to the words and let the Holy Spirit fill your soul, your mind, your being and let God's presence guide you.
"Holy Spirit You are welcome here Come flood this place and fill the atmosphere Your glory God is what our hearts long for To be overcome by Your presence Lord."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ9Nw8gvdRU
With all my love- Cam
