I waited patiently for the Lord to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along. (Psalm 40:1-2)
Many believers are still stuck in the mud.
As renewed creations in Christ, there’s no reason to bring all of the junk from our old life into our new life. We need to be impeccably self-aware. Once we identify a weakness in our life, we can then get rid of it!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
If you are in the mud and mire right now, it’s time to make a change and get out.
It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”(2 Peter 21-22)
The busier we get, the quicker we sink into the mud.
Too much activity gives you restless dreams; too many words make you a fool. (Ecclesiastes 5:3)
A recent survey of approximately 13,000 Christians was conducted. The survey found that over 60% of believers responded that the busyness of life gets in the way of developing their relationship with God. At least 6 out of every 10 Christians are too busy for God. I know I’m often personally guilty of this.
Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.(Psalm 39:6)
Sometimes, we put all of our trust in our thoughts, which leads us to over-analyze and hold on to every little detail and burden of our daily lives. This way of thinking often pulls us further away from the one being that can help us most.
Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? (Luke 12:25)
To get out of the mud, we need to stand on the rock.
Our most crazy thoughts, feelings, and actions are more often than not coming out of a muddied mind. The rock here is Jesus. When we’re in the mud, we can’t trust the “muddy” thoughts, we need to run to the rock because it’s the rock that keeps our foot from slipping into a sea of worries.
Our past is meant to be a rudder to guide us to where we’re going, not an anchor that keeps us from moving forward.
We can all become more Christ-minded. To do this, God’s thinking must become our thinking, His convictions, our convictions.
Sooner or later we have to break the cycle and stop repeating the same mistakes.