If You’re Feeling Stuck

Are you stuck?  In ministry?  In your personal life?

“Stuckness” happens really often for pastors and church leaders.  Many times on Monday mornings!

Steven Furtick has some thoughts on being stuck… and shares 3 things that can lead you to getting stuck.  If you’re feeling stuck this morning, I’m wondering if one of these things is the culprit.

1. Complacency

Change is hard. Positive change is just as hard as negative change. Sometimes it’s easier to stay stuck than to move forward. Often it’s more comfortable to stick with something that’s tolerable and familiar than to embrace something that’s preferable and unknown.

2. Regret

I really don’t know how to explain this, except to say that my regrets often overpower my ambitions, causing me to remain in a state of paralysis. But I’m learning that there’s nothing productive about what I wish I would have done then, unless I use it to inform what I’m doing now.

3. Distraction

It’s hard to tell how many major adjustments I’ve avoided making because I was busy tending to insignificant side items. It’s tempting to divert attention from the big thing that God wants me to change by obsessing over something that ultimately doesn’t matter at all.

So… how to get unstuck?

Steven offers a simple prayer:  God, help me move forward at the speed of your direction and intention,
no matter how painful the transition may be.

via Pastor Steven Furtick – If You’re Feeling Stuck….

Is this a prayer that YOU need to pray today?

Where are YOU stuck this morning?