Member Care - Why do I feel this way?

Have you ever been in a funk and been unable to get out of it? I call it the downward spiral of negativity. You start down, and rather than pulling yourself out of it, you continue downward.

It brings me to the account in David’s life where he lost everything dear to him and his men were turning against him. The Bible says he strengthened himself in the Lord.

I wish the Bible told me exactly what David did.

• What actions did he take?
• What spiritual disciplines did he enter into?
• Did he worship?
• Did he pray?
• Did he write another Psalm?   

The Bible does not tell us. I think the reason is if we knew what David did we would make a formula out of it. Our focus would be on the practice, not on God.

We do not know how David turned to God but we do know that David went to God and in God David found strength.

There are no silver bullets. There are no 3 steps to receive strength from God. There is no magic formula.

God desires a relationship with you and out of that relationship will flow strength. We do not get what we need from God, we learn God is what we need.

I cannot give you three actions to get out of a spiritual funk. What I can recommend is focus on the relationship. Seek Him. It is not a formula that you place your faith in.

Faith is in a person.

Faith is trusting God to be all you need.