A successful journey is an uncomfortable one; a journey full of risks and trust. As a Christian, I've come to learn how limited I am. I've come to learn that what I think I know has little bearing on the life that I live. The success in my journey does not come from trust in the things that I know or have learned, but trust in God The Father.
We as people, shy away from uncertainty because we associate it with failure. The things within the realm of what we know are more inviting, because we have plan A, B, and C to keep us afloat. As soon as X occurs instead of C, A, or B, we run off in a panic thinking about all the disasters that could happen; we ready ourselves for failure.
However, Many of us do fail because failure begins in the mind. To believe and trust in The Lord isn't the easiest thing. I make it sound easy, because I have faith; faith that I acquired over the years of testing out what the word of God says. Many people read the bible and shut it down, but never truly put it into action to see if what it says is true.
It would be a lie if I said that my journey is now easy, it is easier than when I started, but far from easy. The Lord can say do jumping jacks in one second and do a hand stand while patting your belly in the next. That's how it feels! I just got the hang of doing the jumping jacks, I even have my own style now, then you tell me to do something new?
I've never done a hand stand before, what if I fall? What if I break my arms into a million pieces? Hmmm.. is this really God? Before you know it, you go back to doing the jumping jacks again, and never move beyond that. When you at least try to do the handstand, you realize that it is a lot easier than you thought. You discover that you are great at it, as if you were taught do that task.
To trust in The Lord is not to always be in your comfort zone. It takes you out of your peace of mind, into peace at heart. It pushes you beyond the limits that you set for yourself, into His territory for your life. This great risk called "trusting in the Lord" is what successful living is all about. What if I'm already living successfully and want nothing more? I'd still say "Try out Jesus Christ, and see what He has in store." I don't promise anything easy, but I do promise it will be worth it.
