Where do you see yourself in five years? This question is one I have been asked throughout my life, and to be honest I don’t have an answer for it. Five years. 60 months. 1826 days. That is so much time. Time for growth, time for struggles, time for learning, time for the new, time for different, but most importantly so much time for God. To put a limit on where you see yourself is like putting a cap on what God has for you. God is so much bigger than we could ever think, and personally I never want to doubt that or stop him from being big. I want this big life God has for me, but it has set me face to face with one of my biggest fears, change.
Growing up experiencing change, especially when it was outside of my control, was something I struggled with. I liked my little comfort bubble I created. When I thought of change I always linked it to negativity. It made me full of fear, and anxiety, hindering me to step forward in life. I felt complacent in life, which at that time seemed safe and great. Once I started living for the Lord everything started changing, but it wasn’t long after that I started to realize change wasn’t always bad.
Years later I have embraced change. Without change there is no growth, and I refuse to live a stagnate life. This life with God is not meant to be stagnate. Our relationship with the Lord is always meant to grow. If you aren’t experiencing growth in your relationship with God ask yourself, are you staying in your comfort zone or living uncomfortable for the Lord? Let’s say you go to the gym and start lifting 20 lbs. every day. After a few weeks you stop seeing growth, and results. The fatigue seems to subside, but in order to keep growing you need to up weights. In doing so it will bring you out of you comfort zone, but soon see results again. We need to do the same thing with our relationship with God. Start stepping out of your comfort zone, and seeking him with all your heart, and I promise you will see growth. This is something the Lord has really put on my heart lately. The next couple years are going to bring a lot of change in my life. This would have petrified me in the past, but I am so excited! So excited to grow, and live out the amazing life God has for me.
Yes change is uncomfortable, but it’s also exciting, necessary, amazing, and inevitable.
So where do I see myself in five years? Again I can’t answer that, but I can tell you it will be different than my now. I am sure full of change, and of course full of God.
