Monday, November 6, 2017

5 Myths That Keep us Trapped in a Eddy

God's will for us is like a river. We are moving in it all the time, but sometimes we get diverted into eddies, circling swirls on the side of the river, going around and around, making no real progress to his intention for us.



Eddies are very comfortable. The require little action or consideration on our part. Notice how in this video some break free to continue on down the river, while others seem like they are moving, but are really not.


There are some myths that we believe that keep us in these circling eddies.

1.  We believe that ultimate truth is found in our feelings
2.  We forget our Identities
3.  We come to believe the temporary place where we find ourselves are permanent. We chose permanent solutions for temporary problems.
4.  We believe that resistance in front of us is always direction change from God.
5.  We believe some hurt, hangup or injury done to us by others, or things we have done to cannot be overcome or changed, even by God himself.  The pain serves as a boundary to any move we might make out of the eddy.

So what do we we do from here?

1. Recognize the eddy, the circular logic in our thinking or behavior. When we see the same place on the bank over and over again. When we seem to be stuck. When we find ourselves helpless or worse unwilling to want more than the eddy. If we can't see it, ask God to show us the eddy. Once we see it, and then be willing to ask God to break free and continue down His path for us.

2. Ask God for Help; if we have relationships with People of God we can trust, ask them for guidance. If not, ask God for such relationships. Look to join places of help, like church small groups, Christ-Centered Recovery groups. Carefully choose ministries that are not in group eddies of their own.

3.  Spend Time asking God how to pray, what to ask for. Study His word, read and study.

4.  Draft out the barriers, the boundaries that keep you in the eddy, write them down. Once you see the barriers, . In what regular life situations do they occur? Identify the feelings you have as you approach them. Fear, Anger, anxiety?  Is it a self imposed boundary, and like a dog with a shock collar in a yard where the electricity was turned off years ago, is just the thought of Fear, Anger, anxiety turn you away?

5.  Become Willing to ask God for freedom. If your not willing, pray for willingness to become willing to pray that prayer.

Being Free and Back into the center of God's path for you is worth the effort, if only to see what adventures lie ahead.



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