There were spiritual and practical things that God wanted to accomplish in Abraham’s life that could not be accomplished while he was inside his comfort zone. Why did God want Abraham to do this? We find the answer in verse 2 and 3.Ģ And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So, when God told Abraham to get out of his country, and leave his family it was no small matter. Why? Because it was literally the only way to survive at the time. A city or a village was simply a few interconnected families that stuck together. Families were clans and tribes of multiple families all living and working together. Talk about moving out into the unknown! To truly understand the magnitude of what God told Abraham to do, you should realize that during this time in history, and in this part of the world, families did not split up. Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee. When I think of someone getting out of their comfort zone, I am always drawn to Abraham’s story in Genesis 12. The term comfort zone is not used in the Bible, but the idea of pushing into uncharted territory is certainly a Biblical idea. It is when we begin to use our comfort zones to avoid life, responsibilities and tasks set out to us by God that our comfort zones begin to hinder us spiritually.
It is when we use comfort zones this way that they become a bad thing in our life. and became emotionally, and physically unavailable to her kids. She’s wrapped up in a blanket there, turned on the t.v. But that same mama, who is usually just getting in the chair to take a hard earned rest at the end of the day, has also gotten into that chair in the middle of the day when she’s feeling depressed. Is there anything wrong with a tired mama wanting to relax in her chair after a long day? Of course not.
People are always encouraging us to “get out of our comfort zone.” But as with most things in life, balance is the key to comfort zones. Comfort Zones for Better and WorseĬomfort zones are often spoken of in a negative way. Needless to say, this chair is literally my comfort zone. They know that once I get in the chair my day is over, and if it requires getting out of the chair it probably isn’t happening. “Hope yall don’t need anything else this evening, I’m heading to my chair.” Sometimes they just roll their eyes at me, I’ve got a few teenagers, but my younger children will sort of scramble around with their last few requests of the day. In fact, the chair is so powerful, that I’ve started making an announcement to my children, before I get in the chair. After a long day of work, homeschooling and mothering, at the end of the day all I want in the entire world is to get in that chair. I sat down in this chair and a love affair was born. The chair came home, I set it up in the corner of my living room, where I have a great view of the tv, both air vents would blow my way and I had a handy side table on each side of me.
#Comfort zone meaning full
Our mini- van was already pretty full that day with the five of us, but everyone squished together and I got the chair and the foot rest wedged in. I did stop and ask about prices, and I bought this ugly brown chair, to my children’s great irritation. It was literally purchased off the side of the road, where someone had piled furniture with a sign that said, “Stop and ask about prices!” True story. It is not fancy, and if I’m just being honest, it isn’t really all that pretty. In my house I have chair and a matching foot rest.
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