Devotional for Wednesday, October 3, 2018
“But I Run With Passion”
by Dona Hake
Seeking to live in “comfort zones” in the spirit is an enemy to our faith. What is a “comfort zone“? It is the place where security is felt, it is when one feels they are in control. Our natural fears and tendencies could lead us to seek and find such a place, and then we may be tempted to position ourselves firmly in that place. It may be a place that you keep protected and you will defend it out of fear. This comfort zone can also tempt us desire to handle things in our own strength. When this happens we are most assuredly not relying on His grace nor are we continuing to grow in our faith in God.
God will always desire to take us forward…from one place in the Spirit to the next as we walk and grow in His will. Comfort zones can become a stagnant place, and can position us to end up in fear of moving forward or we can be held back by dwelling on the “good ole days” of the past. God desires that we live in a growing faith for “Now faith is…” He desires to keep our hearts challenged by Him.
Today I encourage you to think about where the Lord has brought you from, and how He may have challenged your comfort zone’s in the past. Let us run with passion into His abundance in all that He has called us to discover and fulfill!
“I admit that I haven’t yet acquired the absolute fullness that I’m pursuing, but I run with passion into his abundance so that I may reach the purpose that Jesus Christ has called me to fulfill and wants me to discover. I don’t depend on my own strength to accomplish this; however I do have one compelling focus: I forget all of the past as I fasten my heart to the future instead.”
Philippians 3:12-13 – TPT