Show Up Anyway, Sis

Choosing obedience when comfort calls isn’t easy—but it’s where real spiritual growth happens.

In this episode of Step Out, Sis, Sharon shares how showing up tired and unmotivated became a reminder that God isn’t asking for perfection—just your presence.

Avoiding discomfort can delay your spiritual growth, leading to overextending, enabling, and carrying things God never assigned to you.

If you’ve been struggling with obedience, consistency, or trusting God in this season of spiritual growth, this episode will help you show up anyway.

Because real spiritual growth doesn’t happen in comfort… it happens in obedience.

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Transcript

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Welcome to Step Out Sis, the podcast where we grow, heal, and walk confidently in God's calling. I am your host, Sharon. And today we're talking about something that hits all of us, especially those of us who love hard, serve deeply, and truly want to honor God in everything we do. We're talking about comfort and how sometimes we sacrifice our own comfort to keep everybody else comfortable. We call it being nice. We call it being a good Christian. We call it keeping the peace. But sis, sometimes it's not Christ-like, sometimes it's enabling. Sometimes it's self-betrayal. And sometimes it keeps people from the very growth that God is trying to produce in them. We spend so much time tiptoeing around people, avoiding hard conversations, avoiding boundaries, avoiding truth, all in the name of being loving. But here's the truth. Comfort doesn't change people, discomfort does. Every transformation in Scripture happened in a place of stretching. Moses in the wilderness, David in the cave, Ruth in the field, Esther in the palace, Jesus in the garden. Nobody grew in the cozy places. Nobody was transformed on their couch. Nobody found purpose in what felt easy. Growth is uncomfortable. Healing is uncomfortable. Obedience is uncomfortable. But that's where God does his best work. Let me tell you what happened a couple of weeks ago. I started working out again with my trainer, Coach Caddy, and the better team. And when I say I worked out, I worked out. My arms were sore, my body was tired, and I told myself, girl, you worked out four days straight. Saturday, you're staying home. You're resting and you're choosing comfort. And I meant it. But then Coach Caddy posted something on Facebook. He said some really kind words about me, about my podcast, and about the work I'm doing. And something in me said, get up, show up, go anyway. So I took my tired body, my sore arms, my excuses, and I showed up. And sis, that's when it hit me. Sometimes all God is asking for is your presence, not your strength, not your perfection, not your energy, just your willingness to show up. The Bible says his strength is made perfect in our weakness, not in our comfort, not in our convenience, but in our weakness. And I felt that because when I showed up, tired, sore, unmotivated, God met me there. I heard him say, I see you, I know you're tired, I know you're worn out, but if you show up, I will be your strength. If you show up, I will supply what you lack. If you show up, I will carry you. And sis, sometimes obedience is the only offering you have, and God honors it. Let's make this real because this doesn't just show up in workouts. This shows up in our relationships too. And let me say this, we have to be careful that we're not working harder than the other person is working, because sometimes what we call love is really overextending, overgiving, overcompensating. We sacrifice our comfort to keep them comfortable. We carry what they should be carrying, we fix what they should be taking to God, and I'm not saying don't care. I'm not saying don't love, but it should never come at the detriment of you. Because when you keep removing discomfort from someone else's life, you may also be removing the very thing God is using to grow them. And now you're exhausted and they're unchanged. And that's not love, sis, that's misalignment. Some days in your marriage, you don't have the words, but you can show up and say, Lord, I put this in your hands. Some days at your job, you don't have the motivation, but you can show up and say, God, give me the strength for today. Some days in life you don't feel like praying, worshiping, or fighting, but you can show up and say, God, I'm here. Do what I can't. Showing up is not a weakness. Showing up is worship. Showing up is obedience, showing up is faith. So here's my challenge for you this week. Where have you been choosing comfort over growth? Where have you been protecting someone else's comfort at the expense of your own obedience? Where have you been carrying something God never asks you to carry? Sis, show up even if you're tired, even if you're unsure, even if you are uncomfortable, because God will meet you there. Thank you for joining me for another episode of Step Out Sis. If this blessed you, go ahead and hit follow on the show because if you've been listening, sis, you're family now. And this is your space to grow, heal, and walk confidently in what God has called you to do. Share this episode with a friend who needs it and invite her into this space. And remember, you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be present. I will see you next time, right here on Step Out Sis.