Without Borders

“Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders.”

When I first heard the song Oceans by Hillsong United I thought it was beautiful, repetitive enough to get in your head, and passionate.  It is everything a song should be.  Then it came time to sing it at church.  I’ll never forget the first time I sang it in church at a Pre-Rally to pray over the sanctuary before the Women’s Conference.

Honestly, I didn’t want to sing it.

I didn’t want to sing it because if I sang it that meant that I was praying it.  That meant I actually desired for God’s Spirit to lead me where my trust is without borders.  The reality was I didn’t.  I didn’t want God to lead me where I had to trust solely on Him.  I have been there many times before and, frankly, I did not want to go back to the uncertainty that plagues the human heart during a trial.

I was comfortable where I was.  The last thing I wanted was to be led into the unknown.  I was perfectly content staying where I was and not growing.

See, I had worked hard to get to a place where I was comfortable.  I was finally where I wanted to be.  I believe every person is fighting to be comfortable.  Everyone is longing, even if not for an object to get something where they can finally rest.  After all, being comfortable is nice.  Everyone wants to be comfortable.

In actuality, Christians are not called to live a comfortable life.  Let that set in.  It’s hard to grasp.

The moment we become comfortable is the moment complacency sets in.  We no longer have a passion to grow, to change, to encourage, or to thrive.

Most of us are pushed into discomfort due to circumstances out of our control.  Do you know anyone who would willingly choose to be uncomfortable??

But that is exactly what this song is praying for. In a sense, it is praying for discomfort.

There is beauty in uncertainty because we are forced to rely on God.  This is when God gets to prove Himself sovereign in our lives.  By relying on God we focus less on ourselves and more on Him.  We learn about faith and are reminded that He is all we need.  He grows us and molds us to come out of hard situations better off.  I don’t understand how He does it, but I’m glad He does.

And that’s what makes it such a beautiful thing to be led into the unknown solely resting in His hands.  Even in uncomfortable situations, the Lord is our comforter. (1 Peter 5:6-7)

To sing a song like this is a scary thing, but it is also a powerful thing.  Sit back and let God lead you.  And may your faith be made so much stronger through the trial and uncertainty that you are more fully aware of the awesomeness of God.

May we never be comfortable.  The moment we are comfortable is when we stop growing.

“Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders,
 let me walk upon the waters wherever you would call me,
take me deeper than my feet could ever wander
 that my faith would be made stronger in the presence of my Savior.”