Will you choose good when God is offering you great?

• By candidasullivan
• May 20, 2024
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I don’t like change, even if I know in the depths of my soul that it is best for me. It’s hard for me to let go of the familiar, even if it causes me pain, and go into the uncertainty of it all. I want to know how things will be and how they will feel. 

I like routines and the comfort of habits. I like knowing what to expect. Routines help me get safely in my comfort zone and drift through my days on autopilot, but they also cause me pain. 

The pain comes from making comfortable choices when there are better options and realizing that we must let go of good in some instances if we want the excellent option. But sometimes, it can be painful to make the right choice. 

We got a new bed, and I’m struggling with the adjustment period. My old bed hurt me all the time. I woke up most mornings in pain. I knew we needed a new bed, yet I continued waiting because I didn’t want to give up my comfortable pain for the unknown pain I might experience. 

Writing that doesn’t make sense to me. I know for a fact that my old bed causes me pain. And yet, I don’t want a new one, based on the thought that it might cause me pain. That’s how absurd our thought process can be sometimes. 

When we review our thoughts and write them down, we can see how unreasonable our ideas can be. Fear looms in the back and corners of our minds continuously. We allow the fear we don’t often recognize to dictate our lives. 

We stay in bondage when God gives us the freedom to make choices. It reminds me of the children of Israel. On their journey to the Promised Land, they endured a different kind of pain than they were used to. So they desired to be back in Egypt as enslaved people rather than to be free in the wilderness because it was a different kind of fear and pain, EVEN THOUGH God promised them something better. 

Every day, people choose to carry their burdens and sins, even though God offers a better way. Through salvation, it could all be released and forgiven. God offers everyone HEAVEN, and yet some choose hell. Because with hell, you don’t have to repent or make any changes. You can stay in the comfort of sin. 

Knowing these truths makes me never want to choose comfort again. Comfort often leads to destruction. I want to make the best decision, even if it feels uncomfortable. 

I want to trust God through the discomfort of my desires. I want to remember that God does what is best for me, even if it’s hard and painful. I don’t want to reach the end of my life, knowing that I JUST lived a comfortable life.  

God gave us so much power in our choices. Some lead to death and destruction, while others lead us to the promised land. It’s up to us to decide which way we want to go. 

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