His Calling or Your Comfort?

Hey guys, hope all is going well on your end. God has been good to me since I posted last, and He continues to be a great God in my life.



Today, I woke up wanting to listen to some good ol' Christian tunes, so I jumped onto Youtube and began to search away. I came across a band named BarlowGirl...yes it is an all-girl band but for those who know me well, know that I listen to anything and everything:)..There was a song title that jumped out at me..Stay with me...I was wondering what that meant exactly so I clicked on the link.



The video began with the lead singer talking to a crowd they were playing for. She told them a story of a time when her band was going through some tough times. I don't want to spoil the true essence of her words by mixing it with my own so I'll let you watch the video and take from it what you will and what God wants you to learn from it. But, when I watched this video, alot of things started to make sense in my life. I learned that God is not going to pick you up and take you directly to your purpose and your final destination in His calling. And many of us hear this all the time but, God never places us in front of a wall that He knows we can't overcome. And Alyssa (lead singer of BarlowGirl), said that she wanted to quit serving him because He was making life so difficult for her.



Sometimes it might seem like a problem the size of the Great wall of China is standing before us, but we must remind ourselves that our God is a living God, and he already overcame this "Great wall of China" before and He can do it again. We as humans become so distraught by the laziness we feel and begin to forget that God isn't here to make life the most comfortable experience. We as Christians, must put our comfort on the back burner as we walk in the faith.





As she was sitting in her car complaining to God, she felt Him ask her something. He said that He hears from alot of Christians asking Him to get them out of hard times. But at the same time, they want to know their purpose and pursue their calling. They don't remember asking Him for His hand to work in their lives.



The message that I received from this song and Alyssa's brief testimony was that the hard times are what makes us stronger in the faith, it exercises our patience and makes it flourish so that when we come to face other roadblocks in this walk with God, we have the strength and the tools to overcome them with ease.



Thanks for reading and meditating on this:)

Jonathan