Not sure where this blog is gonna go
But it's not going to be pretty
My eyes like things that are easy to read
But what if what's pleasing to the eye is contrary to where I'm supposed to go?
My eyes have been trained by the world to go in a certain direction
But just like this blog, sometimes the Word takes us in a direction that isn't so easy
A way that most definitely does not feel natural
A way that feels so far from natural that you wonder if you can even do it
In fact, it may even feel like you're forcing it
Because maybe you are…
But is that bad?
Is it bad to force ourselves out of what's natural to us?
To get to Jesus,
Peter stepped out of the boat
Onto the water
THAT couldn't have been natural
And that's our example of faith
The faith that we're called to have
So why do I fear it?
Why do I fear what doesn't feel natural?
Why am I so afraid of feeling like I'm forcing something?
When that 'something' is what He's beckoning me to
Is it really such an awful thing to LEAD my eyes in a different direction than what comes naturally?
If it feels more natural to be annoyed, how does running with that benefit my soul?
Is it really so bad to forfeit the natural annoyance for unnatural grace?
Or the natural grudge for unnatural forgiveness?
Truth be told, my 'natural' has never brought freedom
It actually lives and operates at odds with freedom
My natural keeps me in the boat.
If I'm to live free…
I have to shake the chains of my natural…
Because they don't hold me anymore…
So, why am I holding them?
It's time to step out of the boat
To follow the Word He gives
Even when I'm not used to going that way
Surrendering my natural for His
