When you feel stuck

 

Psalms 16:5 NIV

LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.

Sometimes it can feel like you are stuck.  Stuck in a job or relationship.  Maybe you feel stuck financially.  Life seems to be moving and passing you by.  You may not be happy with your lot.  But I challenge you, including myself, to see if we are mentally and spiritually stuck.  Perhaps our view of life is “stuck” in a worldly perspective. Maybe our heart posture needs to change or adjusted.

Maybe we need to ask ourselves what is important to us and look at our true inheritance.  Our true inheritance is Christ.  With Christ their is abundant living. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly(John 10:10) The thief doesn’t want you to focus on the goodness of God and the joy He brings.  The thief wants you to feel stuck as if their is no hope.  He wants you to feel like God can’t make that job or relationship whole and complete.  He wants you to forget His promise that you shall not lack( Psalm 23:1)But God can do the impossible(Matthew 19:26) He is our good Shepherd and He wants us to flourish where we are planted.

Perhaps you are playing the comparison game and getting lost in could’ves and should’ves instead praising God for keeping His promises to you. God makes no mistakes and He has us right where He wants us for His purpose and glory.  It’s not to punish you, but polish you.  He is our portion and our cup and the cup He gives runneth over( Psalm 23:5)

When we seek Him first He makes our lots secure.  We are not stuck , but free in Christ.  We are blessed. We can say it is well with my soul.  Our perspectives on our situation changes and we overcome.  Our jobs won’t makes us bitter as we see opportunities for us to serve Lord in that mission field.  Our relationships will have peace because we will walk in peace.  We will walk in love and hope.  Bitterness will not consume us as will not let that root be established in our lives.  We will trust in God for restoration and provision.  We will believe and rejoice in the goodness of the Lord and celebrate our freedom.

Lord, sometimes I feel stuck or allow myself to get in a rut.  I become dissatisfied and disappointed because my eyes and heart are fixed on the wrong things.  Help me to keep my eyes fixed on You.   Help me to remember that You are my portion and my cup.  You are my blessing and lot is secure.  Help me to see You in the midst of the mundane.  Give me the strength to go on and move forward in You.  Help me not to be stuck. Teach me to know and say that whatever my lot it is well, it is well, with my soul because that is what matters.  In Jesus name.  Amen