Our Condition vs Our Comfort

When God shakes us to wake us, we often find ourselves surrounded by the unfamiliar and unfriendly. God wakes us up from the secure by pushing us out of our comfort zone. By comfort zone I am referring to all that is familiar, expected, constant, and under our own control...

God is more concerned with our condition than our comfort. At times, He stirs our nests to make our comforting things uncomfortable.

This is how young eagles get their flight training. The mother eagle grabs the nest with her talons and flaps her wings up and down, blowing all the nice, comfortable padding out of the nest. She tears up what she had so carefully provided. Then she takes each baby eagle and carries it outside of the nest into the wind. This is where young eagles learn to fly. You can't try your winds if you're sitting in the nest. 

A Gentle Spirit, February 29