"I feel so stuck."
"I can't see what's right in front of me, and I don't know what I'm doing."
"I feel like I should be doing more, being more."
"I don't understand what the next step is."
These are all things I've said to my family the last few months.
High school graduation was just the start. I'm a planner. I like to know what's gonna happen and how.
I learned pretty fast things RARELY go the way I plan them. 90% of the time God shows up and says, "Really? Let me do it my way."
Then, most of the time I get all upset because I thought my plan was so much better.
So, I'm just gonna talk to the people who are the planners, the driven go getters, the ones that have big dreams & goals.
My entire life I've had huge goals. Stuff that's so far out there that if I told people they'd laugh in my face.
You get to a point in your walk with God, and all the sudden, it stops. You feel empty. You feel stuck. You can't see anything ahead. Even though you're holding on to your dreams, they seem completely out of your reach.
One of my favorite preachers said, "You're not stuck. You just stopped."
Stopped? I didn't stop. I've been working. I've been planting seeds.
I was actually almost offended.
Then, I started thinking about it more and more.
The children of Israel, when they started out on their journey they had no idea how long it would take them to get to their promise land. They walked, searching. Faith led them, straight ahead.
Even when you can't see your progress, it doesn't mean it's not there. Just because you've been on this road a long time, doesn't mean there's not an end game.
Most of you are going to give up when you're only a few more steps away.
You're not stuck. You just stopped.
Start walking.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
- Proverbs 4:25-27