Stepping Out of a Comfort Zone

Looking back two months ago,
I thought I had next year's living arrangements set. I had a bad first semester experience in the dorms, and really wanted to move to an apartment- with people I knew and slightly more tame then the previous bunch. Even better if they were Christians as well.

I ended up asking 3 non-music major friends that wanted the same thing. It seemed like we would get along really well. And I was excited!


A few weeks ago, it all fell apart.
Now, trying to scramble for the deadline for the cheapest rate (the deadline is next week), decisions have to be rushed forward. Going from "I have no idea what's going on", to "finalizing roommates" in the matter of a week! I'm not quite to the finalizing part yet, but I am fairly sure that I will be living with a bunch of music majors- most of which are non-Christian.
I know, opposite of what I had hoped for right?

Then I thought about this past week's InterVarsity message.
They were talking about how easy it is for us Christians to realize the need to act for Christ, but never doing it. Our staff leader, Jeremiah, made an analogy to chores around the house. He had spent all day working on the message for that night and writing support letters, and never really got off the couch. But, elsewhere in the house, there was laundry to be done and dishes to be washed. He said that he realized in his head that these things had be done, but still at the end of the day, they were not done, even when his wife came home.

Later that night, I talked with a close friend in the suite next door and we were talking about how so many of us Christians live a passive faith- myself definitely included. If salvation and Christ are that important, are we really going to sit around and make it of secondary importance? I mean, really, is it not much more important than trying to make an "A" on the next test?

Two weeks ago, a fellow Christian friend and I had to opportunity to have a spiritual conversation with one of our music major colleagues. The conversation went surprisingly well, but afterwards, our colleague became really apologetic because she thought she was wasting our time asking us her spiritual questions. My friend's response to this, though sarcastic, hit me with a dose of reality: "Really? I wouldn't spend time talking about matters of eternal significance with a friend I cared about?"
*****

Back to the living situation for next year.
I think God's plan wasn't for me to live "comfortably" in a little Christian bubble (not that there's anything wrong with living in that environment). But, I think this is a little shove from God telling me to get up and do something for him for once. No, I don't really know my roommate that well, but there is obviously a purpose that he was the "candidate" that surface in the middle of all this decision-making mayhem.

Once again, God works in the weirdest ways. I'm nervous, but also excited about how this is going to play out...


until next time,

-KKZ