Leave those comfort zones

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19

        As of late, I’ve been really learning what it means to leave your comfort zone. It’s been crazy actually how much God has been teaching me lately, it’s just amazing! I want to encourage all of you to step back and take a moment and think. Are there places in your life where you may have created a comfortable bubble? Something I’ve been told many times before, is we must be careful because even something such as comfort in our lives can end up being an idol in our heart. I don’t think I ever realize that I’ve made a nice little comfortable bubble unless I’m put into a situation where I have to do something crazy that I’ve never done before. But, think about it, we need to really pop that bubble we may be in and expand our outlooks, and especially our faith. We must keep on growing  and bearing fruit! When Christ walked on this earth, he told some men to follow him, and you know what, they dropped what they were doing, and followed Him and became His disciples. It says they immediately left their nets and followed Him! How awesome is that, that these fishermen up and left what they were doing to follow Christ.
        So, I just want to encourage all of you to wholeheartedly step out on faith and do whatever it is that He may be calling you to do. It may be scary sometimes or even something small but we need to submit ourselves to God and follow Him. Once we do that, through faith, we can more openly see the incredible works that the Great I AM is doing in our lives. We must follow Him daily and humble ourselves and imitate Christ. Just as the image below illustrates, leave your comfort zone, and great things will happen :) it will all be worth it in the end.

We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are. - Max DePree

Praying for you, friends! Go out on faith and be fishers of men just as Christ has called us and bring the good news of the gospel to those you encounter.

In Christ, Heather <3

(p.s. Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas celebrating the wonderful joys of family, friends, and the birth of our Savior!)