Funk

Happy Wednesday to you all!

So let’s cut to the chase….

Lately, I have really been in a funk. (Seriously, I’ve been searching all week for the best word to describe it, and I feel that “funk” expresses how I feel quite nicely, lol.) A spiritual funk.

When about I think about it though, is God fundamentally different in His relationship with me now than with how He related to me when I was on a spiritual high? No. So the blame falls squarely on my shoulder. This “funk” is my fault; there is something that I need to learn, change, correct, or whatever. (Hebrews 13:8) Now I need to find out what it is and heed to whatever it is God has in store for me.

One thing that I have been learning is that I think too much. Is this a bad thing? Alas, I do not know. However, at times, it can cloud certain situations. Brother Andrew says that “it is through the paralysis of analysis that we fail to act.” You see, when we spend time thinking over ever possible scenario and searching for every intricacy, we tend to lose sight of what we already know.

You know what I am talking about… When you think and rethink and over-think a question on an exam, what happens? You rarely get it right; you either get it wrong or run out of time to answer it altogether. Well, I think this can transfer over to our spiritual life as well (Big surprise, huh?!).

We try so hard to discern God’s will. We wonder what He has in store for us. We attempt to discover where He wants to take us. But we try so hard; we search relentlessly. And all the while, His answer is right in front of our nose. In a manner of speaking, we need to forget about what Jesus would do and begin focusing on what Jesus already did! We already know the basics of the faith: we know God wants all to come to the knowledge of Him; we know God is going to continue working in our life; we know God will never leave us nor forsake us; we know; we know; we know… We know all these magnificent promises, yet we still don’t act! We hypothesize and theorize, and ultimately go nowhere.

We must act. Go! We already know what God wants. So what’s holding us back? I think that is a question only you can answer. Don’t worry about what could/would/should happen. Realize what God has already done for you and use that to fuel you now!

MTI