By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out
to the place which he would receive as an inheritance.
And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
By faith he dwelt in the land of promise
as in a foreign country,
dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob,
the heirs with him of the same promise;
for he waited for the city which has foundations,
whose builder and maker is God.
- Hebrews 11:8-10
To move outside the comfort zone is something Abba Father has asked me to do time and time again.
Just when something gets too comfortable for me, I get the nudge to fold up my tent and move on.
Not in a literal way of course.
But just the inner discontent, the longing for something new, or something more.
Our God... He knows just how prone our hearts are to settle down.
But Abba Father wants us to taste what it is like to live in a tent where there is no sense of permanence.
Because really, permanence is not His plan for us.
He created us for pilgrimage, a holy restlessness... a seeking for the deeper things of God.
Indeed, our hearts are restless until they find true rest in God alone.
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