Dancing with the Stars

Even when you are out of your element, with your partners’ (God) help, you can do amazing things.

Professional dancers team up with non-dancing stars and perform elaborate routines each week in hopes of winning the trophy at the end of the show.

Watching DWTS is fun because we get to watch non-dancers operate completely out of their element, but try to succeed and keep their cool anyway. In life, sometimes we must step out of our comfort zone.

Does a family member or friend need help with a task that is not comfortable to you? Rather than just saying NO, consider that maybe God wants you to help this person. Do you feel the pull to volunteer at church, but wonder if you can really accept the challenge because you’ve never done it before? Ask God for His guidance and help. The feeling of learning something new or helping someone is like none other. Do yourself a favor and step out of your comfort zone. Trust God in the process as Daniel did below.

Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God’s help…..So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.”… A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel. … Very early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions’ den. When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”. Daniel answered, “Long live the king! My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me,” Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God. Daniel 6: 10 - 23

Lord, please, give me the courage to step out of my comfort zone when necessary. Please, encourage me to look to You to help me with the uncomfortable endeavors I must sometimes tackle.