comfort
this is such a weird thing, comfort. I don't quite grasp it yet i feel it. With everything I do, everything i see. Why do people seek comfort so much? Why do I seek it. Everything must be within our comfort zone, its like theres a barrier for us to do things that are out of the ordinary, or things that might make us uncomfortable. Even more so with myself.
We went on a prayer walk on friday night. We basically walked through our neighbourhood and prayed for things on a list we got, or anything the Spirit leads us to. Throughout the prayer walk, either one or another and including me mentioned things about comfort. I dont know if the people in my group will read this, but this is to myself as well. That night, i felt a sense of discomfort, praying in public, in front of many eyes watching, what would people think? What would they say? Am I standing on private property, what if people chase after us? But as those thoughts were going through my head, an even stronger sense took over, a reassurane that I was a messenger for God, that I was lead by the Spirit, that God has given me his power and authority to pray for these people, to pray for this community, the eyes, the whispers, the thoughts and the fear doesnt matter anymore. We as sons and daughters of God should be fearless, for God is with us, who can be against us? If i am the follower of the one that conquered death, what else is there to be afraid of? I marvel at my imagination and the BS that it tells me, that i shouldnt do it because it might offend someone, that i should not force things on people, screw ALL THAT, i'm praying in the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZERETH, the name above all names, the one that is seated on the Right hand of God almighty. Let it be known that i'm praying for these people, as they need Jesus just as much as i do. satan and his lies can not stand in the way, as i stand in the Truth, s0 let the fear in me be gone, for it is not from God. Let me no longer base my actions on what is comfortable, but what is the Will of God, comfort doesnt mean anything if its not what God wants. Let's go to where God call us to be, and not where it is comfortable
posted by lyang13 @ 7:28 PM
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i'll read it in the morning~ lol~
lol~ guess i don't wait until morning or maybe this is it~ fearlessness is the expectation, boldness, more than conquerors, indeed~ oorah~
comfortable..
i love the way kas (my roomate) says the word... it's so cute..
but that's besides the point. =)
i think this issue of "comfort" is one everyone experiences.. but your ambition and conviction to turn it back to God is, I think, truly the course of action that will set you (and others)free...
it's interesting though, because i think it's like looking at two different types of comfort.. the physical "comfort" environments - but also being comforted (put at ease and peace?) in hard times..
so while we should strive ahead to push beyond whatever the world and satan will try to tell us are our limits (breaking away from what we perceive to be comfortable to us)
we also have the hope that God will pcomfort..
"3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort."
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
^_^.v. run on brother!
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