You’ve perhaps heard of the movie Donnie Darko. The theme song, Mad World by Gary Jules, talks about easy to reach dreams that can smother us.
And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
But, we become spiritually alive when we try new things for God. When we sail farther from the “shore” it gets scary but it is a holy kind of scared.
Sailing a bit farther from the shore is…
- When obedience takes you out of your comfort zone
- When you commit more money to the church beyond what "normal" people would.
- When you confide in your accountability partner about a secret sin.
- When you tell your dad that you love him.
- When you invite neighbors for a cookout.
- When you allow your daughter to bring Christ to a dangerous part of the world.
- When you, once again, give everything over to Jesus; your friends, your health, your future.
Like Francis Drake prayed, we need God to disturb us! We Americans get too comfortable. Comfort kills. Safety is a corrosion of the soul.
Lord, I confess my faithlessness and the smallness that is its fruit. Disturb me, God. Disturb me.”
From The E-Myth Revisited. Here's what Michael Gerber had to say:
"The curtain is your Comfort Zone. And your Comfort Zone has been the false mask you put on...because it was safe when your spirit was not. Your Comfort Zone has been the curtain you have placed in front of your face through which you view the world. Your Comfort Zone has been the tight little cozy planet on which you have lived, knowing all the places to hide because it's so small. Your Comfort Zone has seized you before and it can seize you again, when you're least prepared for it, because it knows what it means to you. Because it knows how much you want to be comfortable. Because it knows what price you are willing to pay for the comfort of being in control. The ultimate price, your life... Comfort overtakes us all when we're least prepared for it. Comfort makes cowards of us all."
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