Bye2 Comfort Zone...

NOTE: this was originally posted on my other blog (The Sketcher's Sketches), but i find it more fitting here, hence, the transfer.


Originally Posted On: Tuesday, March 18, 2008

So many people do wonder why things just happen right in front of their faces and there's just no way for them to change it, no matter how powerful they are, no matter what positions in a society they have. It is indeed too surprising sometimes that some things could really be a little out of hand. And scary is the fact that people, in the end may just tend to go back to their camouflage just to conceal their true faces because they are just too afraid to go out in the open. Why? It's because many of us are actually having a tough time on deciding whether to be brave and face the new world or to be contented and stay in our comfort zone. Frightened? Worried? (huh! just being lazy i guess...).

Well, there's nothing wrong about staying in our comfort zone as long as we know up to what extent it should take over our lives. The wrong thing is when we allow ourselves to be manipulated by the conveniences and pleasures it offers. Reality bites but it's true! And if we're going to face this reality, we will discover that what makes things more difficult is the mere fact that people choose not to make things easier. How? For most people, the easier thing to do is to stay where they are right now and never let things bother them. In short, they choose not to move at all. What are we so afraid of? Or should i ask who are we so afraid of?
Sometimes, we do not know that we are getting too scared of trying to see if there's a good thing outside of our cocoon. We get too nervous of even trying to set foot to the road which will lead us to our real destination. Hey! No one is created to stay forever in his suit! Wake up my brothers and sisters! Aren't we bored yet of our lives doing the same old things every day? Aren't we even bothered that more and more each day, our life is becoming a bonsai? Hello! When are we going to shake our heads and wake up to this bitter fact?

A book once stated that, "if you are in a situation or lifestyle where you are perfectly capable of handling everything, you have stopped in your understanding of God. God's desire is to take you from where you are to where He wants you to be." Never did He want us to stay where we are right now for He wants us to grow to maturity. He wants us to leave our comfort zone not to give us the feeling of restlessness but rather to let us experience a life that is completely maneuvered by Him. Yes! We have plans for ourselves but the Lord's plans in our lives are guaranteed the best. It is a done deal already (Jeremiah 29:11).
They say we can't do two things at a time, that's why every single second of our lives is really a matter of decision making. We have to decide on whether to go or not to go, to do or not to do. We can't do what we want and do the Lord's will both at the same time. If we choose this, we have to give up the other one. And that's reality. But the pitiable thing is, though we might not actually notice and admit it, is the fact that we are spending almost two thirds of our lives on just thinking of which to choose rather than applying what we chose. Oh c'mon! Let us not waste our time anymore. It's time to grow up and start saying goodbye to our comfort zones, for in order to experience God to the degree He wants us to, there will be adjustments He'll ask of us.

Now, the question is, "are we prepared to leave our comfort zones in exchange to what the Lord wants to happen in our lives?" Let us decide now...