out of our comfort zone

     by Kadeen Edwards
​     “He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭NIV‬‬

     I enjoy that we are reminded here in Ephesians 1:9-10 that God desires us to become one cohesive unit under Jesus. Something that does cause a stir in my spirit is there’s always that sense of division when a community of people come together. People tend to gravitate to what makes them comfortable, whether it be people who are like them, people who have the same beliefs or look like them. I believe in this season, God is calling us out of our comfort zones that we would embrace discomfort to experience each other in a revelatory and profound way. I believe God is calling us to build new connections by learning how to sit in discomfort.

     In this past season, I’ve experienced a lot of discomfort. However, I also found in the discomfort is where I experienced abundant growth. It’s like training your muscles physically your body doesn’t grow until you feel you can’t push yourself any further, but you keep on pushing anyway and when you push yourself it tears in the muscle fiber.  Muscle growth is caused by tears in the muscle fiber from the stress of working out. The torn muscle causes soreness and initiates a reaction in the body to repair those cells and they grow bigger.           
     That’s kinda like our faith we need to stretch them beyond comfort, and once we push past the fear of discomfort our faith grows. In pushing past the discomfort we discover things about ourselves and others that we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to see had we stayed confined to our comfort zones. Growth isn’t comfortable, but it is necessary because where there is growth there’s revelation.