Christians,
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Can anything grow in complete comfort? Our danger is that we can confuse the comfort provided by our relationship with Jesus with the belief that He wants us to be comfortable where we are. We must be careful of that belief because that is where Satan lives. It's where he lurks, cheering on spiritual complacency, stagnation, and death.
Jesus' teachings were never comforting to those that He was trying to teach because in each He was trying to move those that "hear His voice" away from their current condition. If we are on a spiritual journey, the thirst for comfort tries to hold us where we are. Comfort seeks the status quo and begs us to hunker down so that we won't have to face the fears of the unknown. I hope that we understand that fear erodes faith. If we are on a spiritual journey, then we have to guard against allowing fear to replace our faith.
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Place your faith in God, and He will never leave you or forsake you. By the way, being uncomfortable does not mean that you do not have faith. Having faith means moving forward with the Spirit despite your comfort level.
Yours in Christ,
Adrian