Complacency in Comfort: To Everything There is a Season

Shabbat Shalom, sisters!

A few days ago, I received a message from Sister June asking me to share what I’ve been experiencing during this season of counting the Omer. I was very reluctant, because I thought to myself, I don’t have much to share, since I feel like I’m having a valley experience right now.

However, after contemplating, thinking about it, and trying to figure out what Yah is saying to me — what He wants me to share — I decided that maybe someone else is also experiencing the valley, and it could be beneficial to them. So I will be authentic, and I hope this will be a blessing to you all — or at least one.

From Victory to the Valley

I will be sharing about the danger of complacency and comfort — From Victory to the Valley.

There I was, just a month ago or so, on a mountain peak, giving much praise and thanks, being immensely grateful to our amazing Father for opening doors that once seemed permanently shut.

This breakthrough called for a celebration, and celebrate I did — with much excitement. I took victory laps!

What happened soon after makes absolutely no sense, and here I am, pondering how in the world this could be happening to me. Finally, life was almost perfect. After many years of waiting, Yah granted my heart’s desire.

Could it be that things are now too comfortable for me?

The Dark Side of Answered Prayers

By no means would I consider myself a prayer warrior, yet over the years I’ve found that adversity keeps us grounded — more consistently on our knees — and this has the potential to produce much growth.

On the other hand, what I’ve experienced in this most beautiful season of my life — with so many wonderful things happening, so many doors being opened, and possibilities endless — is the dark side of answered prayers.

Though Yah has truly blessed and favored me, I found myself praying less, reading less, engaging less, feeling disconnected, and at the point of spiritual decline — too busy trying to figure out my next move and too little time spent building myself up spiritually to maintain my relationship with the Most High, which should always take precedence.

Upon self-reflection, it’s crystal clear that I’ve become spiritually bankrupt due to my present state of comfort, and this has led to complacency.

Lessons from the Israelites

I’m reminded that I’m no different from the Israelites in the wilderness, as they quickly forgot the great miracles Yah had performed — even after being warned multiple times to always remember.

We see in Ezekiel 20:1-24 that although they were warned, they still rebelled — the parents as well as the children. (I won’t read it — it’s a long passage — but you can read it at your own leisure.)

The fact that we have their experience as a reference point should cause us to make better choices. However, like the Israelites, I have lacked focus at times — many times — thus veering off the path that leads to the Promised Land.

May we never forget the great miracles Yah performed and is still performing in our lives. May we remain grateful to Him, whether we are presently in a valley or on a mountain peak.

Grateful Even in the Valley

I’m so thankful that in this joyous yet spiritually dull and unproductive season, Abba Yahweh is still with me and longing to restore me.

Unlike past times, instead of running away from Him, I’m choosing not to give up or give in. Moving forward, I will regain focus and keep on trusting Yah.

While adversity as well as victory have the ability to produce growth, they also have the potential for unfruitfulness and complacency. It’s important to note that both valley circumstances and mountain-peak experiences have a purpose — it is for us to discern what Yah wants us to learn.

One vital lesson I’ve learned in this season is the importance of being on guard at all times — be it high highs or low lows.

In Closing

Ecclesiastes 3:1 and 11
To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven.
He has made it all beautiful in its time.
Even the ages He has put in their hearts,
except that no one finds out the work
that Elohim does from beginning to end.

The cyclical nature of life lets us know that seasons change. And so, when we fall, it is an opportunity to rise and stand tall.

What season are you in today?

May Yah be with you all.
Shabbat Shalom.