\u201cGive, and it will be given to you; a good measure-pressed down, shaken together, and running over-it will be poured into your lap.\u00a0 For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.\u201d Luke 6:38 CSB
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Years ago, I was listening to a message by Mark Batterson while I was traveling. He was talking about giving. He shared that one of his favorite things to do is tip someone who doesn\u2019t expect it. A janitor, a sales clerk, someone who works in the service industry who doesn\u2019t usually receive tips. His message inspired me that day. I was traveling on I-95 when I was listening to it, when I stopped for a potty break, there was a cleaning woman in the restroom. I had a $10 bill in my pocket, and I tipped her with it as I was leaving. The look of shock on her face was priceless. Believe it or not, it was incredibly hard for me to do. I felt awkward, I wasn\u2019t sure HOW to do it. I didn\u2019t want to make her feel uncomfortable, and yet I had just listened to this message about doing this very thing and felt it was a divine appointment. I gathered my 20 seconds of courage, handed her the bill, thanked her for her service and was on my way.
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Getting out of our comfort zone isn\u2019t easy. If it was, we would live in the world outside of our comfort. There\u2019s no stress when we\u2019re in our comfort zone, we know what to expect, we don\u2019t need to do much, it\u2019s easy. Outside of our comfort zone is the unknown, even when doing good deeds. I didn\u2019t know what the cleaning woman was going to do when I handed her the money. I had never done anything like that before, yet I was trying to be obedient. Often when God calls us to do something, it\u2019s outside of our comfort zone. If it wasn\u2019t, we wouldn\u2019t grow, we wouldn\u2019t be taking steps of faith. I have no idea how me tipping that lady impacted her day, or her life. I probably never will until I get to heaven, but I trust that God knows. I trust that it was in His plan for me to take that step of faith. I trust that He knows exactly why He maneuvered things to happen that way that day. For all I know, she may not have food to eat and it provided a meal, or maybe she had lost hope and a stranger’s kindness gave some back to her again. God only knows why, I just had to do.
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When we challenge ourselves to get out of our comfort zone, no matter what it is, it helps us to be all we can be. It allows God to grow us in ways we otherwise wouldn\u2019t grow. We can spur on our creativity as we think of ways to move outside of the known into the unknown. Taking steps of faith, no matter how small, always takes us into the unknown, if they didn\u2019t, it wouldn\u2019t be faith. As you move through your day today, look for ways to get outside of the normal routine. Find someone to tip who doesn\u2019t normally get tipped, then take 20 seconds of courage and just do it!
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