Comfortability vs Availability

“Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land”.

(Genesis 12:7 NKJV).

In Genesis 12, the Lord told Abram to leave what was familiar to him ( his land and father’s house) in order to go to a land that He would show him. In other words, God told Abram to leave his comfort zone. Everything that Abram knew was in the land that his family was settled in, but God had other plans for him. All Abram had to do was be available.

When God tells us to do something, my belief is that something special is attached to what He telling us to do. In Abram’s case, God wanted to bless the earth through him. Abram had a choice to make. We know that he choose faith, but what about you? What have you chosen? What are you choosing; comfortability or availability?

Living in a state of comfortability can be safe and predictable. Comfortability can also be a hinderance to your destiny and a clog in heaven’s drain pertaining to how and when you will receive the blessings that God wants to give to you. My spiritual father, Bishop David Aaron Richey, often says that “ God wants to bless you more than you want to be blessed”. In my case, those words are truer than what I would like to admit.

Consider this, how many times have you allowed fear to stop you from doing what you know you heard, felt, or sensed that God was telling you to do? How many notebooks have you thrown away? How many videos have you deleted? How many classes did you give up on? How many things have you walked away from because they seemed crazy and impossible? Because of the actions listed above, can I tell you that your choice to choose comfort over submission is what has you in a place of dread. You dread going to work, but you refuse to be obedient to God regarding the call on your life out of fear.

Disobedience stops the flow of blessings. It creates a clog that only repentance can fix. Obedience is better than sacrifice. You may sacrifice to make your dream come true on your own terms, but disobedience concerning the original plan that God gave you will hinder you at every turn.

A clogged drain can be destructive over time because nothing can pass through it. Even though water may be available from the faucet, the water that comes out of it can become contaminated if it is left to sit in one place for to long instead of flowing through the drain as it was intended to do.

There are some people who have art work, notebooks, hair, fabric, and cook books taking up space in your home because you refuse to flow in your gift. You’re afraid of whether people will like it or not although they have been asking you to sell them something. You complain, but what has God already given you that is in your hand? Your hands are a blessing if you would use them instead of sitting on them. Some times I sit on hands, literally. It’s time for people to get off of their hands and release what God has given them so much of.

BE AVAILABLE! You’re worried about how things will work out, but just be available. That may mean going to look at spaces that are for sale or it can mean just waking up to talk to God when He tells you to.

Comfortability can be the enemy of availability because people that are comfortable sometimes settle. There are some people who have inherited a mindset of comfortability because nobody in their family was able to move beyond the pain of where they were. How many people have inherited a poverty or victim mentality? How many people didn’t move to a new city or go further in school because it had never been done in their family before or because the one person who did try to do something different got hurt? Someone has to stand up and confront comfortability, but you have to have the availability to do so.

You may be the one that will shift your family’s mindset, but you have to be available.

Moses was uncomfortable doing what he did. It had never been done before. No one else before him had ever stood up to pharaoh and said to let their people go. No one else had the boldness that he had, despite his insecurities. The prophet Elijah was uncomfortable, but he was available. Jezebel was a mess, but Elijah remained available even though he got to a place where he felt as if he was the only believer left. Know that God has you and submit to Him!

Don’t allow fear to cause you to forfeit your destiny. Your spouse may be in another city, that is why you feel the urge to move so badly. God wants you to become a doctor, but you are scared to get an associates or a bachelors degree. Get up and kick fear in the face! I pray to receive all that God has me and I want what He has for my family members who passed away also. I want my inheritance in Jesus name.

Lord, give us the confidence to finish 2019 strongly and give us the boldness to walk into 2020 fearlessly. Lord, help me to get past the fear of people’s opinion and help me to be open to all that you have planned for me going forward. Lord, I repent for allowing comfort to hinder how it is you desire to move in my life. I need help in this area, Lord. In Jesus name, I pray amen.

Repeat after me:

I am fearless

I am strong

I am created in the image of God

I am good enough

I will do mighty exploit for Jesus in the boldness of the Holy Spirit!

I am a conqueror and I am enough

I have confidence

I am available for your use Lord, In Jesus name I pray, amen

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