Nearing The End...

I can't believe i'm in the last three weeks of training for my job...i didn't think the eight months would go this fast. Its kinda strange because even though i'm pretty much over the 100% travel, I'm going to miss being able to come home every weekend, seeing my family and enjoying the luxuries of familiarity. But I know that in order for God to be able to take me to new levels, I gotta get outta my comfort zone and find one in Him. It is fitting that the scriptures call Him the "God of All Comfort," because it implies that the sum total of all security, peace, consolation, assitance, reassurance, satisfaction (etc.) to be had in this world can only be found in His arms. It's crazy that to soar to new heights in Him that's all He requires of us...to be free from stress/anxiety, to be secure, to be at peace and satisfied with where we are because He is there. Philippians 4:11-13 (AMP) is especially encouraging to me:

"Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. I know how to be abased and live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want. I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency]."

God, the One who ordered the journey, gives us the ability to be all of those things no matter where it takes us. His presence and our obedience, in essence, are the minimum requirements for our success along the way. Departures from comfort zones are always the hardest goodbye's...but I'm starting to see that by trusting Him to take me into uncharted territory, i'm giving Him more workspace for His power to be made manifest in my life.

I appreciate God for always saving me a seat in the palm of His hand...and I've often heard it said before that His are the most capable hands of all...