Let’s Disengage from Comfortable Foolishness

If you are anything like me, then you can relate to comfortable foolishness. What is that? You ask. It’s just as it looks. It’s the foolishness in your life, that often stands in your way, distracts you, minimizes your spirit and draws you away from your purpose…yet you comfortably allow it. It involves hanging on to people, places and things that no longer serve you. Things that are a hindrance but are familiar.

Comfortable foolishness will not get you where you need to go. It will not bring favor or growth to your life. It will thoroughly disturb your peace.

This year, I realized that most of my life has been a miasma of comfortable foolishness. And I’ve grown just enough to be able to step back, identify it and dissect myriad reasons I allowed it.

Some of the foolishness I engaged in was because I didn’t know any better. For example, growing up I did not have any married role models and my primary mindset towards men were that they were, in some way, shape or form, out to get me. So with these two scenarios shaping my reality, it should come as no surprise that every relationship I had utterly failed and left scarring damage.

A more recent reason for me to engage in comfortable foolishness was out of fear. For example, when my purpose started to become crystal clear and the weight of its responsibility had me uttering the heaviest sighs imaginable at the thought of it, I often times found myself running to the nearest distraction, which was mostly men and trying to fix other people's problems. This allowed me to have unnecessary nonsense to focus on as opposed to what the Lord had set before me.

When I engaged myself in things that were absolutely beneath me on some level, I wore myself out trying to breathe life into something that was slowly trying to kill my spirit. My Pastor, Bishop J. L’Keith Jones, had a very good metaphor. He said that there were some of us that God had called to deep waters, but we insist on trying to dive into the shallow end of the pond. The shallow end appears safe, harmless and comfortable; however when you try to do too much in that area of water, you find yourself hitting your head on rocks, tangled up in seaweed and refusing to grow and live on the faith that one must have to navigate the deep.

For some, the shallow end is as far as their journey will allow. But if you are reading this there is a great chance that your journey will involve more than a simple doggy paddle or a treading of water or even floating on your back.

Life is a challenge for you because it is strengthening you. The path you are on has enough obstacles in and of itself. 

Moral of the Story:

Let go of what is comfortable but hindering your growth
…you can be comfortable or outstanding
......but you can’t be both. @bda