When Your Spirit Ain’t Catchin’ The Spirit
What do you do if your spirit ain’t catchin’ the Spirit?
I’m feeling a little down today. My body’s feeling heavy and it’s hard to concentrate – there are quite a few things on my mind. I’m trying to find the energy to give a little praise, but honestly, it’s a struggle just finding the mental capacity to figure out what my praise needs to “feel” like. I know praise shouldn’t be contingent on my circumstances. But I also don’t want to worship God when I’m not sure my heart’s right.
I think we get caught up in the emotional aspect of praising God that we forget that all of our lives need to be an act of worship, which means it’s not just when we feel like it or when everything’s hunky dory. In times like these, I have to shift into a practical praise, not an emotional one. I have to actively engage my mind in the promises of God, that he is still present and working, even when I feel like it’s difficult to access him. I have to dig into my Bible, doing devotions and meditating on verses that provide a lot of hope. Verses that I often call to mind are Psalm 31:24, Isaiah 54:17, Isaiah 40: 31, James 1:2-4, and 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. I have to persist in prayer, releasing it to God for him to handle instead of trying to fix it myself. I find that when I start pressing into God, he uses these times as opportunities to draw my attention to something in my life that might need addressing (trusting more in him, practicing humility, being more considerate of others, that he just wanted me to press into him at all times, not just when I’m running low). So I’m gonna hold to the hand of God today. I have no doubt that I will come out of my blahs soon enough and will be doing a little praise dance in celebration!