The Hardest Battles are Given to the Biggest Risk Takers

We all like the testimonies and stories of the ultimate underdog. The one who went through trials and tribulations and came out of the fire on top. King David had to run away for many years before getting his throne, Hercules had to choose a path of pleasure or virtue, and Tony Robbins became a billionaire-philanthropist due to childhood poverty.

Challenges allow you to grow and be successful; if you live a repetitious and comfortable life, you will never face a major challenge.

In this post, I will try to reassure you that challenges are a surface bad, but an in-depth good. I believe that although difficult, being short-term uncomfortable is objectively better than being long-term comfortableness.

Challenges Allow for Growth

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9

Challenges allow you to learn from mistakes, builds fortitude, and shows you your genuine self. You will never be able to know your true self if you stay comfortable. The people that have a continuous cycle of stable paychecks, basic routines, and repetitive days will never be uncomfortable. They are indirectly conforming to the system, scared to their true self, and terrified to stand up to their virtues. The more entities above you, the more they own your soul.

They have accepted this false truth of staying under the blanket.

Repetition creates comfortableness, and comfortableness kills the ability to be successful in an uncomfortable scenario. Truth is uncomfortable, so they flee.

The shadow puppets are not real, but they enjoy it.

The journey of uncomfortableness is what makes the prize so sweet; if it were easy, it would be less satisfying. The uncomfortable journey is what forges you into the man that can handle the ultimate prize.

No one will ever remember your name if you stay comfortable.

Bible Verifications

God allows for you to go through uncomfortable and unknowing times, Job for example, to grow as a person and get the ultimate reward. These challenges simultaneously allow for you to grow closer to God in a divine manner, as you must rely on God as a source of trust. God did not bless all his prophets and anointed ones with no trouble, rather, all went through the worst trouble.

This allowed for the God-fearing men in the bible to be forged in a foundation of God and virtue. They had to rely on God more than ever during these uncomfortable times.

(Job’s family was killed, David was on the run, Solomon knew good and evil, Isaiah wasn’t listened to, Jacob fought with God, Joshua was sold as a slave, Abraham psychological torture with Isaac.)

Quoted in Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus spoke about the parable of the Talents, where each slave got a different amount of currency to be entrusted in. Two of them doubled it through risky investments, and one of them buried it into the ground due to potential lack of safety. The two slaves were welcomed with open arms and given more, and the one who stayed comfortable and safe with the money was banished forever.

This is a beautiful parable for humans today. Taking risks based around the foundation of your skills and talents, you will be rewarded with more. However, if you bury your skills and talents in comfortability, you will not be challenged nor rewarded.

You must be comfortable being uncomfortable.

Conclusion

In today’s society, we see stability and safety as winning in life. I disagree with this. As Solomon speaks about in Ecclesiastes, he talks about how life has no meaning. Although this book is more in-depth than my preposition, I believe that this should drive us to be uncomfortable and take risks.

If life is meaningless why not?

The book, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” speaks about how the one who takes risks financially and not afraid to lose, will invertedly win. The one who buries the talents in the dirt will not lose, nor gain.

To chase pleasure is to chase the wind, and to live a safe life is to waste one.

I want you to chase your dreams, I pray for your good will and boldness. As God made us bold, and as we can do all things through Christ, why do we condone to societal standards? Why can we not make an impact on our community, Our state, Our country, Our world?

Take risks and relish in the uncomfortable.