Nehemiah 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem....
Nehemiah has a vision to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem that lies in ruins in order to bring glory to the Lord. Nehemiah leaves his comfortable position as a cup bearer to the King in Persia, to go to Jerusalem for that reason. The journey there was dangerous, and the task was enormous with many obstacles. Nehemiah was willing to move out of his comfort zone to do what God wanted him to do.
It seems to be a pattern in scripture, that every time something great is done for God, somebody in the story is called to do something that takes great faith. Great stories in the bible are great because someone in the story exercised great faith in a GREAT GOD, and moved in the direction He was leading in spite of the discomfort it caused them.
As the story of your life is being written, God will continually ask you to move out of your comfort zone if you are walking with Him. "Stepping out of your comfort zone" takes on different forms for different people based on how God is working in their lives. For some it may mean witnessing to that neighbor that they have never talked to about Christ. For others it may mean moving into some new area of service to the Lord. For others it may mean taking a current area of service and expanding it to new levels of fruitfulness.
If you are walking with God He will stretch you. What does "stepping out of your comfort zone" mean in your journey with God?
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