Stuck in-between places and people

At some point in our lives, we may suddenly get stuck in between places. The inability to move forward or backward can suddenly occur due to ignoring God.

That sudden change from motion to being stuck in-between places can arise due to many factors. Sometimes, it might be that one has changed personally, for instance, like a change in attitude. Some people don’t realize that over time they have developed an ego. Such attitude is not pleasing to God, neither is it pleasing to man, it only makes one lose relationships and opportunities. It is called pride.

If you are not humble, God will humble you, and you will have to come back begging for what you would have otherwise been offered with ease and with a humble and pleasant attitude.

In other cases, we may have unknowingly reduced our zeal and hunger for our dreams. This is not surprising at all, sometimes when we need something, we go an extra mile to get it, like a job for instance, and when we start the job, we may initially do more than expected to prove our worth, but after a while, things just begin to go slow due to other external forces like family issues, mental stress or health issues.

Can you picture that in your relationship with God, when we first give our lives to Jesus Christ, the love is fresh, just like a new couple who just tied the knot, but over time, the love which is supposed to be constant, that unconditional love begins to suddenly diminish because we fail to acknowledge its source. God does not want us in-between, He wants us hot always, not cold today or lukewarm tomorrow.

For some people, they would have achieved all that they planned to, for instance, things listed in their short term or long term goals, and there is nothing more to think about, or perhaps they have been with people with the same goals, and as such, there is really no motivation or challenge, and therefore, there is no more excitement and zeal to push forward.

Getting stuck in between places can happen in any area of life, like in your career or even in your relationship with God and with people. It could be outside of your job and it could be in a relationship, like in marriage as an example.

Some people assume the role of God and may have a false responsibility in their relationship with a friend, in a marriage, or even as a parent. When we assume false responsibilities, forgetting God, and thinking that we are in charge and we can do it all alone, our strength runs out and we get stuck, seeking a way out.

We have to understand that, it is very important to acknowledge God in everything that we do so that we can land safely. To land safely or have a good result, we must put God first and allow Him to lead, by guiding every step we take, to avoid stumbling and getting stuck.

We might want the best for people, and do what we think is right for them especially our loved ones. If we understand our strengths and limits, we would understand that the good thing we want for people may not be what God has in plan for them, so we have to involve God if we do not want our good deed to go wrong eventually.

It is very important for you as a person to know where you stand in your relationship with God by knowing that, running off and doing things on your own can be limited but when you involve God you will be limitless.

It is also important to maintain a relationship. You will have family, friends, or jobs, and it is very important to be creative enough to maintain your identity in Christ while being involved with others. If you cannot build a sound relationship with God, it is impossible to build one with others.

Do you have a false identity? Some people have what we call a sense of false identity because they hide under the umbrella of others. When such people lose a relationship, it becomes a long-standing problem because they have relied on people and have derived their identity in people rather than in Christ Jesus.

Some people do not know who they are in Christ, and with an identity in the wrong places and with the wrong people, a person can find it difficult to move or start all over when they fail, so when the people they have been attached to for so long leave and situations change, they become stuck in between.

Your history, the people around you, or your profession should not define you or stop you from being who God has created you to be. The process of now redefining yourself can be so tough that you are stuck in-between places, but you have to move and you have to change your thoughts. If you do not like where you are, move, “you are not a tree”, as people say.

It is not a surprise that nobody wants to remain exactly where they have been or keep doing what they have been doing but the question people keep asking themselves is “how do I move forward?”

This is where your relationship with God will be worth it, your Godly instinct will become a powerful tool for you. You have to begin to see yourself as God’s creation and you also have to begin to trust God’s instinct in you. It is God that will grant you the desires of your heart when you delight in His words. I am talking about the Holy Bible.