Unstick Yourself

Getting stuck is more than often not, a pleasurable experience. Like for some, getting stuck in the ten item or less line with a guy who has a cart-full in front of you at the grocery store, or in traffic is horrible. Or maybe you feel stuck in your job or a relationship. Whatever is making you feel stuck is a problem, and any help in the matter would be much appreciated, right?

Getting stuck is pretty much a guarantee, so what we need help with then is not avoidance tactics, but help for what to do to get through it. So then the process is about getting through these events so we can become "unstuck". There is a tool offered by God that has, as its purpose, to move us, and keep us moving should we become stuck: faith.

What? Am I suggesting that all it takes to get unstuck is to believe you are not stuck any more? Like some kind of mind-over-matter thing? I am not saying anything of the sort. What I am saying is that God knows us and offers us a tool to help get us through all of life's stickiness. This is not a quick-fix or any kind of hocus-pocus mumbo jumbo. It is faith, and not just any kind of faith. Man made faith creates confidence in man, but the faith I am suggesting offers a strength and confidence that surpasses understanding (Phil. 4:7).

This faith is offered by God, and is given to the degree by which we accept it, make room for it, and recognize it - where it comes from, and in whom we rely on it for. This faith is a location thing because it is faith "in" Christ. In, being the operative word here, as a reference to location or position and not just who He is as the Christ. Jesus IS the Christ (Messiah) our Savior, and the invitation to believe IN Him, is one that provides all the tools to get through any sticky situation life offers...interested?

In His grip,

Pastor Pat