Are you familiar with the idea of a comfort zone? Do you have one of your own? For most people these are well defined, and you can tell when they are outside of it. Have you ever felt uncomfortable inside your comfort zone? What do you do when the familiar, safe, habitual things no longer satisfy you? You were not meant to remain in one place. Your soul calls you onward  to find your true destiny, which may be beyond the circle where you are currently comfortable. Do you understand that your comfort zone is temporary, and it is abnormal for you to remain there?

Do you prefer high church or low church? These terms are not in common use anymore, but they were in times past, and the distinctives still remain. High church is more formal, traditional, and liturgical, and low church is more experience based. Each person is free to choose according to his own conscience and preferences and each thinks his choice is the best, but there is room in my body for many expressions and each should be prepared to accept his brother who prefers a different style. Does it seem to be implied that high is better than low?

Do you go to church to be reassured that you were right all along? There is comfort in this but it is false comfort. I have more to accomplish in your life and it will not be done if it isn’t brought to your attention. Can you accept that I love you absolutely and still want you to move forward? Change is a permanent condition. Look at the natural world around you. The part of you that opposes change is working against you. Have you ever sensed my Spirit saying you were right all along?

Do you think the gospel message is for the poor or the rich? You could say everyone, but that would avoid a valid issue. The Bible says not many rich or noble are called. What is your own experience? Do you find your fellow believers drawn more from the top of society or the bottom? What is the incentive for those who are well-off in this world to seek the Kingdom of God? They are winning in the present system and have their reward. Those who are not have a stronger incentive to seek a place of refuge in the world above and they have my promise that they will find it.