Is your spiritual life in a slump ?
A slump is not the easiest thing to get out of. The difficult thing is that when one is in a slump it is not generally because one has intentionally changed anything in his style. One is still doing the same things and for the most part doing them the same way, but with different or failing results.
We allow ourselves to get too comfortable in what we are doing and before we know it, we are in a slump and our focus is gone. We lose sight of the joy that we had when we first came into God's family. We continue to "do the right things" but we forget why it is we are doing them. That is when we must remember the words of David in Psalm 51. He asks God to restore unto him the joy of his salvation, to bring his focus back to where it should be.
God's true desire for us is not one of deeds and actions, but rather the proper attitude and desire behind our deeds and actions. He desires for our spirits and hearts to be broken in such a way that our greatest longing and desire is to serve and praise Him. This may require us to step beyond our comfort zone, and God may then call us to areas we have never been to before. But only then will we come out of our slump and be restored to the joy that God would have for us.
Psalm 51:12,15-17
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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