Is staying within your capabilities bad for you?

We talk a lot about living in our “comfort zone,” but have you ever heard a definition for one?

How about this:

“Staying in a comfort zone is when you choose to sit on your capabilities.”

One of the most comfortable places for us is being within what we’re currently capable of doing. That feels safe. It might take some work, but we’re “capable” of it. Moving outside of what we’re personally capable of frightens us.

That leads us to one idea of “spiritual maturing”:

“Maturing spiritually is when God moves us to the fringe — and then beyond — of our current capabilities to stretch us into what we are not yet capable of without Him.”

To grow up in Christ is to consistently be moving beyond our capabilities so that we remain reliant on Christ while He reshapes us.

“So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image,” 2 Corinthians 3:18.

That can’t be done by sitting on your capabilities. Such consistent spiritual maturing requires us to move beyond what we are capable of to rely on what God alone can accomplish in us.

Are you sitting on your capabilities? Or are you relying on God while He reshapes you?

Scotty