One lyric in a song by Mercy Me says, "If home is where my heart is, then I'm out of place." The song goes on to say, "I've never been more homesick than now."
There's been a number of times when my heart has seemed like it has been out of place. Meaning, that I'm in one place in life but my heart is in another. Chip Ingrim (http://www.livingontheedge.org/home/) calls this feeling having a "dislocated heart". He describes a dislocated heart as a "God-given concern that propels us beyond our comfortable routine. It is a passionate concern for God's people and God's agenda that supersedes our own personal comfort and prosperity." Every so often we hear about people like this. People that are so passionate about a situation or a group of people that they will do whatever it take to impact their life. It could be someone or something close to your home or it could be something in another country. Whatever the case maybe, if your heart is not being moved to action by a situation or by a person around you (teen pregnancy, broken homes, murder, people separated from God, etc...) you are missing our impacting people for the kingdom of God.
I don't believe this is a call from God for everybody to get on a plane and move to a for off country to help people. I do believe that God is calling us to step outside what is comfortable for us, so that we can make an impact on people around us. The challenge before me and you is, will we be to scared or afraid to make an impact for God. Don't miss your opportunity today to impact someone else's life for God's kingdom.
Chip conclude with this thought, "Stepping outside what is comfortable often begins with something very, very small. It's not about doing something great for God; it's about letting God do something great in your heart! God never does something great through us until He does something significant in us!"
stay HUMBLED
stay FOCUSED
love GOD
love PEOPLE
