I love the phrase “Live Outside the Box.” The reason I love this phrase so much is because I feel this is how Christ calls us to live our lives. Living inside the box involves comfort, conformity, and trust in our own ability to make it through life. There is a sense (not reality) of safety. Inside the box we know the expectations, and we receive approval from those around us. We do not have to recognize the harsh realities outside our own little world. We leave no impact nor are we greatly impacted. Once gone, we are gone, making no eternal difference in the lives of those around us. Unfortunately, this is a life too often lived by the “Christians” here in the Bible belt. As Matt Chandler would say “they have learned how to play the game.” They gain approval by doing “Christian” things and living as a “Christian” should. I myself have filled this role: talking the talk, acting the act, but not truly walking the walk.
Living outside the box involves adventure, passion, and no choice but to trust in Him to provide for our every need. Each day God draws me further and further away from my comfort zone (my box), calling me to go one step closer to the call He has placed on my life. He is slowly but surely tearing down the walls I have built up around me. If I can only focus my eyes completely on Him and nothing else and keep from the distractions and desire for comfort in my daily life, I know I will find Him (Jeremiah 29:13). My life will not be my own, but in the end it will be totally worth it. I encourage you to do the same – seek Him out and embrace the adventure He places before you. LIVE OUTSIDE THE BOX
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
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