"I Was At Ease...."

I was at ease,
and he broke me apart...
Job 16:12a

Yesterday's sermon was out of Job. There were several points that I took to heart, but this portion of the Scripture was what really got my attention. Complacency and apathy. I have a tendency to get in a good place and put it into park. The attitude being - I like it here and there isn't any point in going anywhere else. 5 years ago, I was at ease. We had a beautiful little family. We had great plans, and we had reached a point where could begin marking some things off our list. Then God broke me apart. I have said this before, but He used that time in my life to teach me great lessons about myself and about Him. But here I am, just months after receiving the gift of Harrison, and I am at ease again. Auto pilot. It is almost like you set the controls and then kick back, relax, and watch things happen. Relationships don't work well on auto pilot. And the same is true of a relationship with God. Not being at ease may bring some discomfort. It might mean going outside the box. It could mean that life is not going to be all that you had planned for it to be. But being stretched and pulled, molded, and shaped by God is a better alternative than apathy, complacency, or being shattered (which is how some translation have the broken apart part of the Job verse).