I Like a Challenge

I like a challenge. I like the risk and the rush. I also like how it kind of pushes me to the edge, and in a sense how it challenges my faith [in God].

But when God challenges me I get totally freaked and scared. The ironic thing about it is that God's challenge is as simple as this: "Come, follow me."

So, if God's challenge is as simple as that, then why does it scare me so much?

God's challenge asks me to surrender everything I am, everything I know, and everything that forms my comfort zone to no longer be who I am, but to be who he calls me to be: a godly child. It asks me to strip away with every label that has ever been stamped on me: classmate, student, cheerleader, cross counrty runner, track runner, pole vaulter, diver, swimmer, exercise science major, girlfriend, babysitter- EVERYTHING! It asks me to be only this: a child of God. I am asked to wear no other label or stamp but this that tells the world I am His.

However this is a lot easier said than done and it's a bit scarey as well. Becuase we find comfort in our labels; and so to strip ourselves of these labels is putting ourselves in a vulnerable position, stepping outside and away from our comforts.

It's in stepping outside of our comfort zones that we must believe with all our heart and soul that when you take a leap of faith, God will give you wings to fly or ground upon which to stand.