The Red Flag of Comfort (and the Courage to Go Beyond It)

The personality trait of being passively settled into the cozy zone of a comfortable life is a red flag. A life caught up in daily routine misses out on the excitement and adventure of an inspired existence. A man named Moses spent 40 years in a desert land going through the daily routine of tending the sheep that belonged to his father-in-law. Then one day he bumped into a burning bush.

Moses encountered God through that bush blazing with flames that weren’t harming it. Moses’ encounter with that supernaturally burning bush connected him heart-to-heart with the living God and empowered him to zoom with zeal and zest far beyond his zone of comfort and to change the world (in spite of his fears, mistakes, and insecurities).

Jesus sent the Holy Spirit as a flame so that people could encounter His glorious presence through His fire that has now come to burn in the heart of each one of His fully surrendered followers. Will you keep stirring up the Spirit’s fire within you? Will you refuse to quench or to let God’s inner flame go out?

Instead of constantly choosing to stay in (and defend) your comfort zone will you stop zigzagging and begin to daily follow the trail that the risen Jesus is blazing for you into the unknown? It’s time for ordinary Christians to burst into flame with supernatural fire that never goes out.

Jesus is the answer! There’s no other Savior than Him.

Make the decision
To do the things
That will cause you
To love Jesus
More and more.

Ask Jesus
To search your heart
And show you
Everything
That’s keeping you
From getting
Closer to Him
Day by day.
Then lay it all down
And let Him burn it
At His cross.

Keep your heart
Continually aware
Of Christ’s presence.
Always do
What He prompts
You to do.

Keep a two way
Conversation
Going with Jesus
All the time.
Talking to Jesus
And listening
To what He says
Will stoke your heart
With more and more
Love for Him.

Read the Bible
Every day
With an open heart.
Let the words
Burn deep within you
Like a roaring fire.

Find and hang out with
(And read books by)
People who are
More excited
About Jesus
Than you are.

Talk about how much
Your love Jesus
And your love for Him
Will grow and grow.