Have you ever felt like no matter what you plan for the days ahead that you cannot get motivated to do it? Maybe, you have experienced this before, you make plans to meet a certain deadline or meet a friend for lunch and you are ahead of schedule, but you still don't have the energy to get moving. This is a case of the "stagnant blues" and we got it bad. There are several categories that we can classify this behavior in such as, procrastination, and laziness, last but not least, no motivation.
Do you often wonder what causes this behavior? I think about this question quite often, in my case it has to do with alot of what is going on in my personal life. Sometimes life can have such a grip on us that we do not want to do anything or communicate with anyone so we can think about a plan to get us out of the situation we may be facing. Oftentimes, I will find myself so engrossed in what's going on with me that I have a smile plastered on my face without anyone detecting that I'm going through at the moment. Have I programmed myself to react this way or is it the Holy Spirit? I'm going with the latter the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Prince of Peace, there is a calmness that surrounds you and can go unnoticed at times. I welcome this feeling any day and any time.
Sometimes, God is requesting some GOD101 Time to bring you back into His presence. Every now and then we will step out of His presence and start doing fleshly things. We are so consumed that we are unaware that we are trying to do things on our own without seeking God first. When this happens to me, I end up making things worse than they were because I took my eyes off of God and started looking down. Whenever, I feel myself sinking I always think about Peter how he took his eyes off of Jesus. This is a dangerous position to be in if you ever find yourself here. My suggestion to you when you are in this place is to snap out of it and do not give into it. You could lose things or let go of things that you were not supposed to let go of. For example, I have a situation that involves letting go of my house and moving back to Massachusetts. The feeling is not strong which lets me know that this is not the plan for me. This decision came from me wanting to give up and go back to what I know and what is familiar to me, because I do not want to continue to go through what it is that God is taking me through. I'm resisting the teaching and calling that is placed on me by giving to the flesh.
Stagnation is a form of paralysis if not monitored. We have to stay prayed up and in the Word daily to prevent from becoming paralyzed. Whenever I become so motionless I reflect back to what was the first thing I did when I woke up that morning. If I didn't read my bible I can guarantee you that my thoughts will have a field day in my mind...the thoughts are so intense, that the way that I talk starts to change. Not that I walk around saying "praise the lord" in every sentence which is fine too for those of you that talk like this. My speech change by not being as optimistic or talking with assurance like I normally do. I'm talking like I have given up and ready to pack it in. Yes I even start to have a pity party (smile). It is so bad, anyone that knows me will turn around, stop in their tracks and ask where is my faith and what has gotten into me. I'm human and there are tough days that we all will bear, but knowing what I know and where the Lord has brought me from is out of the norm for me and my speech. The Lord has been too good to me and my family for me to think that I shouldn't go through any storms.
The next time you recognize that you are stagnant in your thought process and decision making, make up in your mind that this will not be one of those days of stagnation and get motivated.
Scripture: Procrastination...."Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work" Acts 4:34 (KJV)
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