Am I comfortable?
Am I content?
Am I happy?
Answering yes to each of these questions sounds like a great place to be, doesn’t it? In the eyes of the world, maybe… However, answering yes ultimately boils down to the fact that the world tells us to make the best life that WE can. The problem here is that WE are making it. It becomes a story all about ME instead of being all about HIM.
Over the past couple of months’ sacrifice has become increasingly evident. The Lord has been teaching me that I should strive to ask different questions. Rather than making “I” the subject of the sentence, Jesus needs to be the center of it all. In any and every situation my one desire is to Glorify Him.
In college you have a lot of freedom to decide, what do I want to do, who do I want to hang out with and how do I want to spend my time? I have found it easy to create a place of peace and comfort for myself in these areas. But God has recently taught me that if that sense of peace and comfort is not coming from the Lord, it is worthless.
As I contemplated the crazy idea of packing a bag and moving across the world. The enemy once again prompted these questions in my heart. Giving me a false sense of peace and telling me lies, that comfort was where I am now. But the Lord gave me yet another sweet reminder of what it means to truly follow him, Luke 9:57-62 says…
“As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
God is constantly reminding me that my desire to follow him is going to be uncomfortable, it is going to be difficult, and it may not always go according to MY plan. But that is okay. In fact, that is GREAT. It allows me to live in a place, where I need the Lord. And let me tell you, that is a great place to be.
