BECOMING UNSTUCK

When Life Shows Up

Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” King David said this in Psalm 139:23-24 KJV – “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting”.

It is amazing when life shows up such lost of a loved one, unemployment, divorce or separation, or God causes you to trust even when you cannot trace Him.

Getting unstuck will cause us to ask the Lord questions, examine our motives, people will give their opinions on your situation, sometimes you even ask a person or two what they thinking is wrong with you.

Professional will diagnose you as being depressed; others Christians theologians will say you need to be delivered; others family and friends will say it is time for you to get over what life is doing.

I don’t want to number these because you might think there is an order to be become unstuck when life shows up.

I want to say that you being stuck is a place in God. It is a place which is under His wings – He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Psalm 91:4 KJV

Here are some questions or statements you may be asking yourself or has been asked of you:

Do you have any unconfessed sin, thoughts, dreams etc that you need to examine? Answer to this question is found in 1 John 1:8-10 KJV which states “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

Have you offended anyone that is why this is happening? Matthew 5:23-24 KJV says “Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift”.

Have you not forgiven someone? Well, Ephesians 4:31-32 KJV says “And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”

Do you have or have you place any person, place or thing as an idol in your life? Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. 1 John 2:15-17 KJV

What are you thinking about yourself, is it true, just or a good report? Philippians 4:8-9 KJV says Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

Maybe you are stating or asking may I am not pursuing God enough? Psalm 63:1-8 KJV will help clear up this question. It says “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.”

Maybe there is some areas in your life that seems unalienable and things are happening to that is unbalanceable? There are 28 things that can happen which are found in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 KJV states “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”

Do you find yourself in improper and on unsuitable things or people; and it redeem the time because the days are evil; well Ephesians 5:15-17 should help you which says “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Is there a ministry, a book that needs to be written, TV or Radio show you need to host? 1 Timothy 4:14 KJV says Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

In conclusion, to become unstuck when life shows up – read John 8:32 KJV because the truth will set you free, which says “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free”. Becoming unstuck when life shows up there are these places to be 1) Obedient to God is better than sacrifice; 2) knowing that my faith pleases God; 3) I am diligently seeking the Lord and He is a rewarder; 4) doing what is right in the sight of God rather than men/women; and 5) Knowing that trust God even when I cannot trace Him.

Selah Moment with

Dr. Althea Winifred