Getting out of your comfort zone isn’t easy,
especially if you are reserved or introverted by nature. But it takes courage
and faith to believe that you’re walking toward your God-given purpose. If you
believe your goal is tied to what God would have you to do, then know that He
often sends people into uncomfortable situations. He told Abraham to leave his
country and his family and go to a land He was going to show him—later (Genesis 12:1). He sent an insecure Moses to
Egypt to rescue the Israelites from slavery—and He told him it wasn’t going to
be easy because Pharaoh wouldn’t let them go easily (Exodus 3). When Jesus was
approached by a rich young man who wanted to know what he had to do to gain
eternal life, Jesus told the man to sell his belongings and give to the poor,
and that he would have treasure in heaven. But the man didn’t want to give up
his earthly possessions and chose to walk away (Mark 10:17-22). The man didn’t
have the faith to let go of temporary riches to inherit eternal riches.
The writer of Hebrews defines faith as “
the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us
assurance about things we cannot see.”[1]
Not only could Abraham not see the land God was going to give him, but also he
had no idea where God was leading him. Yet he had faith that God would fulfill
that promise. So he went. Moses was pretty nervous about what God was sending
him to do. He even questioned God’s choice of him when he declared he couldn’t
speak that well to face Pharaoh with such demands. But he went, and you know
the rest of the story.
