Stuck in the mud of life

Stuck in the mud

When my daughter was little they used to play a game they called ‘stuck in the mud’. I never played that game as a child, but it sounds like fun. What child doesn’t like mud? As an adult mud doesn’t have the same fascination. It represents dirt and trouble. Well, actually the idea of being stuck in the mud isn’t very appealing. Sometimes it is like we are stuck in the mud of life and it is dirty and messy and not fun.  It feels like we’re trying to walk forward, but we are not going anywhere. 

What we actually need is stuck in the mud faith in God.  Faith that does not go anywhere.  For God always has and always will be a promise keeper. He still has the ability to give you hope and a future. These two go together. If there is no hope, then there is no purpose and no future. You don’t have to produce it; you just need to ask Him. He says in His word: ‘since I the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you...have not perished’. He will not go back on his word and we need to keep on trusting Him that He will work out the details of our lives.

Prayer: Father, give me faith in you that will stick, faith that you will do what you have promised.

Mal 3:6  "Because I the LORD don't change; therefore you children of Jacob, aren't destroyed."