Focus On The Word
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. – Psalm 119:105
Yesterday, we talked about feeling stuck. It’s tough to find yourself in a situation where nothing seems to be changing. You’re not moving forward or backward. You just can’t seem to make any progress and you don’t know what to do!
As we said yesterday, our Savior, Jesus Christ, is always with us, and He promises to help us when we are stuck. But what exactly does that help look like? That’s what I want us to discuss today.
One of the best things we can do when we feel stuck and want to get out of the rut is to focus on the Word. When we read it and study it, God’s Word shows us where we are. When you read all of the “do nots” in Scripture, you realize how many of the “do nots” you have broken. The reason Jesus was saying that we need to focus on the Word is for us to realize where we are.
God does not want us to live under the law. He wants us to live under the freedom that is in Christ. He wants us to have traction in our life, but until we begin to focus on the Word and realize what we have done, we will never get unstuck and start moving again.
The moment I drove off the pavement and got stuck in that four-wheel drive vehicle as I talked about yesterday, I came to the reality that I did something that violated physics. I guess a lot of mud plus rubber on the tires equals stuck. I did not understand that fact until I realized it would cost me money to get out.
Many of us were stuck because we violated God's Word about how to take care of our minds, our lives, and everything in our relationships. Until we come to the Word and realize how we have violated pleasing God, we won’t get unstuck.
Many people are happy being stuck and being where they are. They have lost the ability to comprehend how stuck they are. If we are waiting for a feeling to get us out, it won’t happen. If we are waiting for someone to give us a tow, it will not happen. We need to focus on the Word and allow God's Word to show us what we did to get stuck.
Yesterday, we talked about feeling stuck. It’s tough to find yourself in a situation where nothing seems to be changing. You’re not moving forward or backward. You just can’t seem to make any progress and you don’t know what to do!
As we said yesterday, our Savior, Jesus Christ, is always with us, and He promises to help us when we are stuck. But what exactly does that help look like? That’s what I want us to discuss today.
One of the best things we can do when we feel stuck and want to get out of the rut is to focus on the Word. When we read it and study it, God’s Word shows us where we are. When you read all of the “do nots” in Scripture, you realize how many of the “do nots” you have broken. The reason Jesus was saying that we need to focus on the Word is for us to realize where we are.
God does not want us to live under the law. He wants us to live under the freedom that is in Christ. He wants us to have traction in our life, but until we begin to focus on the Word and realize what we have done, we will never get unstuck and start moving again.
The moment I drove off the pavement and got stuck in that four-wheel drive vehicle as I talked about yesterday, I came to the reality that I did something that violated physics. I guess a lot of mud plus rubber on the tires equals stuck. I did not understand that fact until I realized it would cost me money to get out.
Many of us were stuck because we violated God's Word about how to take care of our minds, our lives, and everything in our relationships. Until we come to the Word and realize how we have violated pleasing God, we won’t get unstuck.
Many people are happy being stuck and being where they are. They have lost the ability to comprehend how stuck they are. If we are waiting for a feeling to get us out, it won’t happen. If we are waiting for someone to give us a tow, it will not happen. We need to focus on the Word and allow God's Word to show us what we did to get stuck.
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I will read the Word more to find out how to get unstuck
All you need is Jesus, He is the Word and will turn your mud into solid ground so that you can walk with him in peace. I'm quite happy bouncing between forward and backward, stuck contently abiding in Jesus and letting him lead me to serve God and spread the good news.
I believe Jesus was to read his word so that he can lead and guide us and we all make mistakes as human beings, but Jesus just wants us to be better ambassadors for his words and lead people to Christ. That’s serving him and reading his word, he does the rest so leave your lives and praise God for every day that we live. Life is so precious. Praise be the Lord and save in Jesus Christ forever and ever amen.
Good morning family
nIndeed there is need to be grounded,rooted and be consistent in prayer and meditation
nThe bible says this kind can only be drafted or overcome by prayer and fasting
nJesus Christ f Nazareth thank for paying it all on the cross
nI connect unto my salvation.let there be light