Becoming 100% YOU - Part 5

4. To busy to fit ‘you’ in



Sometimes life can get so busy that we are rushing through days and weeks trying to get through a list of tasks without stopping to re-evaluate our lives. It is important to stop sometimes and think about why you are doing what you do. You may be doing some great things with your time but are they stretching you growing your life and taking you closer to being 100% you and accomplishing what you were put on this planet to do.



Everything we do should be leading us closer to who we are and if it doesn’t then we need to re-evaluate our lives. Don’t let yourself get so stuck in a routine of life that you don’t hear God whispering to your heart and nudging you in a particular direction in life. There are many things you can be too busy for but the Holy Spirit should never be one of them.


5. Can’t get up



One of the devils ways of hijacking your journey is comfort. He wants you to be so comfortable that you curl up in the armchair of life with a big duvet in front of the fire and refuse to move. An armchair is one of the hardest places to move from, especially if it’s raining and miserable outside. We can be like this in our spiritual life but being in a comfortable place is not good for us.



It can lead to spiritual laziness and it will take a hold of your life. You will lose interest in going any further on your journey. An armchair lifestyle will prevent you from discovering anything more about yourself. Often we can get so comfortable in our roles as a leader, mother employer, that we have no desire to go any further. Leaving your comfort zone will help you grow and stretch you and help you discover so much more about what God has put in your life.



In 2005 I went to Europe with Braden and at the end of the trip we went with a team to Thailand. I was looking forward to it all but Thailand. But I am blessed to have a husband who doesn’t let me sit long in my comfy chair and he really encouraged me that it would be ok. Once I was there I was so touched by the people and I had to trust God that he would come through so much. It really got me out of my comfort zone. And whenever I am in my comfy chair I am often reminded of my time in Thailand.



Are you sitting in your armchair or in the safety of your comfort zone? Maybe you were once on this journey but when it became painful and uncomfortable and you grazed your knee did you retreated back into the comfort of the chair. Please make a stand today to not do it again to get out of the chair as your armchair will become your prison and stop from becoming all you are called to be.



2 Timothy 1:6 ‘For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.'



The responsibility for kick-starting and maintaining your spiritual momentum lies with you, you need to chose to live differently to start listening to the holy spirit. You may feel like you have two left feet you may think you are out of practice and that you will never be able to keep in step with him again. Remove the excuses get up and live your life not someone else’s.



What’s stopping you? Identify it, address it and if necessary separate from it.



Do whatever it takes to become the real you. Once we truly understand just who we are, our job is to influence our world with it.



You have a responsibility to be the most amazing 100% YOU that only you can be.



Posted by: Andrea