The Safe Zone

A comfort zone is a place where we feel unthreatened or in other words a safe place to dwell or be. Moses grew up in the safe zone because of his mother's faith. This was a decision that was not easy for her to make. When Moses was 40 years old he took a risk. He left the safe zone and tried to do something big on his own for his people. He killed an Egyptian while defending a fellow Hebrew. What was the result of his human effort? Pharaoh wanted to kill him and Moses had to leave everything he'd ever known in a hurry. There are some things you never forget no matter how hard you try. They are called past experiences. Moses' 40 years exiled in the desert with memories of Egypt had to have been one of those experiences. Like Moses we sometimes have that mind set "I'll never go, do, say or be that ever again" and we become content, it's called the Safe Zone. Sad is the day when we become absolutely satisfied with the life we are living. Satisfied with our thoughts we are thinking, the deeds we are doing and when there ceases to beat at the door of our soul a desire to do something greater for God. Moses moves from one Safe Zone to another from the Palace to a Place in the family business and from the next Pharaoh to the next President in the business. Why on earth would he want to leave all that? He had made a new life for himself, it wasn't the palace but it was very comfortable. When God called Moses to leave his comfortable situation and go back to Egypt Moses felt totally unqualified to lead. He was insecure about himself and his future. Read about the questions and doubts he had.

Exodus 3:11- And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

Exodus 3:13- And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them?

Exodus 4:1- And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

Exodus 4:10- And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Every time Moses raised an objection God answered it thoroughly. Moses was still afraid so he finally said please send someone else
Exodus 4:13- And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. We are never rewarded for the things we only think of doing. Excuses, we have them by the car loads; I can't because… I would but we just… I would love to but… We are busy on that date…One day when… If Moses had never left the desert he would have never seen God part the Red Sea or deliver His people and never talked to God face to face. So just because you don't want to do something doesn't mean you shouldn't. We can't stay the same and learn at the same time. Many will live their entire lives in Egypt, the land of not enough. Some are willing to get out of their safe zone and enter the desert, where the land of just enough. But God wants us to leave the wilderness and enter the Promised Land, the land of more than enough. Twenty years or less as we look back we will be more disappointed by the risk we didn't take than by the ones we did. We can defeat tomorrow's regret by moving out of the SAFE ZONE TODAY. Many say I am too old! Let me ask you this question how old would you be if you don't? Stay in good shape for God may ask you to do something great for Him when you are 60. He has in the past you know. As the doctor told my Dad's friend some years ago; he told him if he wanted to do anything he needed to get busy for he had a terminal disease and only had a few months to live. The man got so busy that five years passed before he knew it and then two more years went by and he felt healthy as could be and had the desire to do more. Don't believe everything people tell you they may be wrong!
Today move beyond your comfort zones it may be fearful at first but you will be amazed at what you can accomplish by learning to trust in the Lord. Have a great weekend and think about what has been written this week and I'll be back on Monday and we'll go at it again. God Bless each and every one of you.