Ever Feel Stuck? By Stacy Duplease of Stories by Stacy

Do you ever feel stuck in your faith or in life? Like everything you do takes great work? Like you're lukewarm at best?

What can you do to get out of it?

Is it up to you alone to get out of the feeling of being stuck? Or, is God the one who can help you?

We are not supposed to be lukewarm. We are to be on fire for life, in our faith, and in our relationship with God. However, realistically, how often do we really feel this way?

What Causes Us to Feel Stuck?

We turn to other things other than God and put our faith in other areas than in Him. Our lives are full of false idols, sin, and rebellion. We would rather turn to self than to God. We would rather turn to money, possessions, and things, other than God. We forget what matters. We are deceived.

Why do we choose busyness over what matters? What matters is God, our faith, and the Word. To try to say anything else matters is deception. We validate our behavior. We think that busyness is next to, or a kin of, godliness. Again, this is a lie. Busyness is an idol. It turns us from Him.

Why are we stuck? We focus on anything or anyone more than God.

How can we get right spiritually? Turn to God. Turn to the Word and prayer. Seek Him first.

Seek Him First

How often do we turn to Him first?

I think we could spend every moment for the rest of our lives in learning what this means.

How do we get unstuck? We seek Him first and above all else. When we do this, our lives have meaning and we are connected to Him and the sacred. Seek Him first. Start this moment and continue it in the next.

Stacy Duplease of Stories by Stacy and Publishing by Stacy