Do something that scares you...

I was listening to Air 1 on my way home from work this morning, and one of the DJs quoted the wife of Toby Mac, a well known christian rap artist. He said "Do something that scares you everyday." That doesn't mean like driving off a cliff or going the wrong way down a one way street during rush hour.

In doing something that scares you, you are stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something that makes you uncomfortable. Maybe it's something small, like initiating a conversation with a stranger, or something huge, like leaving everything behind and going on a missions trip you've felt God calling you to do.

If you know me at all, you know that I am not a risk taker. I am the kind of person who likes to hang out with friends and read stuff. This made me think, tho. Maybe my lack of taking risks is holding me back. Maybe my fear of change is making an impact on me for the worse.

I know that I am a child of God, but I don't always do what he's calling me to do. "Don't go there, Aaron" or "Aaron, you're going to regret that!"

I am going to open up a bit here. This is the dirty truth about me.

I don't read my bible. At least, not very often. Honestly, it scares me a little. I mean, I don't want to come across something that is going to completely alter the way I live. I like who I am. I don't want to come across something that tells me I am doing something wrong, because I know that, once I've seen that and realized it, God will expect change, and rightly so.

But here's my problem. If I don't take the time to step out of who I am, I am never going to grow. The Bible is the way God shows you to live your life. It's a path that God has chosen for all of us, and its words speak to everyone in different ways. I've seen this over time, that many people get very different things out of the same verses. Not in taking things out of context, but I've been to bible studies and things that, in reading a bible story, everyone has a different perspective on it, and it leads everyone differently.

I don't think God intended everyone to get that same things out of the bible. I mean, I'm sure He knew that anyone that read it would get something different out of it, that everyone would be shown a different way to go. That was probably the point. I mean, if everything in the Bible was meant to be a list of rules a regulations, and a list of things that we should all be growing and changing in at the same time and the same pace, God would have made The Guidebook instead of the Bible.

Well, Im getting really tired. If I think about it, maybe I'll add some more later.

Thanks! I look forward to your perspectives!

Aaron Jay