Break Free and Move On!

It’s very easy to get hung up in routine. Whether your routine is good, bad, positive, negative, you can easily become accustomed to it and thereby encumbered by it. Routine will prevent you from breaking free and stepping out into new horizons and new adventures.

The Israelites had a bad habit of living in the routine. They would get to a place in life where they were comfortable and then just sit there. The LORD scolded them for this in Deuteronomy 1:6 by saying: “You have stayed long enough at this mountain” (NASB). By Deuteronomy 2:3, they had once again settled in and got comfortable. Again, the LORD spoke to them and said: “You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north” (NASB).

You can easily find yourself in a comfortable place in life. Then, you just sit back and enjoy the ride. You can become lazy in the ministry work GOD has called you to be engaged in. You can find yourself sucking in from those around you and never giving back out. Routine can be a killer, if you are not careful.

I have also seen those who are in physically harmful relationships who have simply accepted the abuse and hurt as the norm. Some will even go so far as to accept the physical, mental and emotional abuse of their own children because of the bondage routine has put them in. Anytime you allow yourself to become entrapped in routine, whatever form it may take, you are in bondage to that routine. 

GOD is calling His people to break free and move on. I have a saying: “If you are not moving forward, you are slipping backward.” That is something to think about. Don’t get settled in. Don’t allow yourself to find a comfort zone and hang out there. GOD has so much more for all of us. Quit circling that mountain and move on out into the great adventure GOD has for you. Become a mover and shaker for the Kingdom of GOD by refusing to get stuck in any routine!