Propelled By Our Discomforts

M. Scott Peck:
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

I have pondered on this quote for several days now, probably because it hits home. I have been feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, and unfulfilled lately. It is as though I have been stuck in a rut. I feel as if I have been idle to long and that is not good. I am talking about feeling this way in my spirit.

We've all heard the saying, "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." When we become idle and don't do anything to get out of that state of mind that is when destruction will come to our soul. Here's what the bible has to say about idleness: "By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through." (KJV) If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks. (NIV) Ecclesiastes 10:18

Then the bible goes on to say: "Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger." Proverbs 19:15

"Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they ought not to." (1 Timothy 5:13)

One can be on the same level in God and not go any higher in Him only for so long before you become stale spiritually. If you stay there and don't do anything about it you become idle in your walk with Him. You won't grow any deeper or climb any higher in Him, you will become lax in your spirit. You will then become negligent, careless, sloppy, and laid back spiritually. You will then become comfortable in that state of mind. Then you will start to stagnate. Next you will begin to decline, fester, and rot within your spirit.

I do not want to shrug off this deep uncomfortable feeling that I feel in my spirit. For it is the hand of God trying to get my attention. Telling me to move on up a little closer to Him. Climb up higher. Grow closer to Him. Get a deeper walk with Him. Yesterday's walk isn't good enough. What He has for me now is even better than before. I must climb higher and higher each day. My walk must get deeper and deeper in Him each and every day.

It's just like swimming. I don't just get my feet wet, I jump in head first. That is the way it has to be with God. We must jump in head first. Let's get in to deep waters with the Lord. We must let Him surround us. I don't hang onto the side of the pool or stay where my feet touch the bottom of the pool when I go swimming. I like to get out to where I can swim. That is the way it has to be with God. I must get into deep waters with the Lord. I don't want a shallow walk with Him. I want a deep deep walk with the my God.

I thank God that He has stirred my heart one more time. But I ask that He doesn't just stir me but that He changes me as well. I don't ever want to become comfortable in my walk to the point that I find myself stagnating, festering, rotting, and declining spiritually. I want to be propelled by my discomfort so much that when I fall into a rut it will make me climb out of that rut and I will go in search of a deeper and closer walk in HIM. I will make sure that I am doing HIS will and not mine. I want to be open to HIS call and be willing to say yes Lord to whatever it is He ask of me to do. Maybe I have been holding back. But now I am letting it all go. I am yours Lord. I hold nothing back. I hold NOTHING back.