David knew what it felt like to be in a "FUNK"
To be honest… I have been going through a "FUNK"
It’s inevitable. No matter what line of work you’re in or how much you love it. No matter how good you are at what you do. Sooner or later, you’re going to get into a funk.
It happens to everyone. The best authors experience seasons where they hate writing and are lucky to have one good sentence in a hundred pages. The most passionate musicians have days where they don’t even want to pick up their instrument.
While funks are unavoidable, we don’t have to resign ourselves to them. From my own experience, I have identified four responses we can take to combat being victims to these times of low inspiration.
1. Don’t extrapolate your future based on your funk.
A natural tendency is to think that your funk is permanent. It’s a sign of a major change in performance or motivation that will never correct itself. It’s not. Don’t mistake momentary moods for permanent paradigm shifts. Your funk is only a small part of your story. Just turn the page and start your next chapter.
A natural tendency is to think that your funk is permanent. It’s a sign of a major change in performance or motivation that will never correct itself. It’s not. Don’t mistake momentary moods for permanent paradigm shifts. Your funk is only a small part of your story. Just turn the page and start your next chapter.
2. Give yourself the advice you’d give someone else.
Many times we know just what to say to other people when they’re in their own funks.
Many times we know just what to say to other people when they’re in their own funks.
Go outside for a while. Escape from the prison of your own mind and emotions and do something nice for someone else.
And these things worked for them. That’s because they work for everybody. Including you.
3. Don’t justify your funk.
Trying to find the source of your funk won’t make you feel any better about how you’re feeling. In fact, it will only lead you to wallow in self-pity, which does nothing but create a cycle of funks, which only leads to more self-pity and even deeper funks. If you let the same stories of funk repeat themselves, your overall story will never progress.
Trying to find the source of your funk won’t make you feel any better about how you’re feeling. In fact, it will only lead you to wallow in self-pity, which does nothing but create a cycle of funks, which only leads to more self-pity and even deeper funks. If you let the same stories of funk repeat themselves, your overall story will never progress.
4. Work, don’t worry.
I’ve been saying this for a long time now—stop wasting time wondering whether or not your normal level of motivation will ever return. Work harder than ever, whether you feel like it or not. You can get back the motivation you didn’t have while working. You can’t get back the work you missed out on while you were waiting to feel motivated to do it.
I’ve been saying this for a long time now—stop wasting time wondering whether or not your normal level of motivation will ever return. Work harder than ever, whether you feel like it or not. You can get back the motivation you didn’t have while working. You can’t get back the work you missed out on while you were waiting to feel motivated to do it.
If you’re in a funk right now, stay faithful to the work God has given you today. And praise Him the second your motivation catches up.
1 Samuel 30:10
I. David Strengthened/Encouraged Himself In The Lord v. 6
A. David had no one around him.
1 He was all alone and was being threatened.
2. Everybody was against him.
I. David Strengthened/Encouraged Himself In The Lord v. 6
A. David had no one around him.
1 He was all alone and was being threatened.
2. Everybody was against him.
Have you ever felt all alone? Have you ever felt like your back was against the
Wall? What have you done in situations like that?
B. David decided to Encourage Himself.
1. David did not have anyone who was going to do it.
2. David made a decision to Encourage Himself.
C. David Encouraged Himself in the Lord
1. David knew that the Lord would never leave him or forsake him.
2. David affirmed his place and position in the Lord.
What does it mean to encourage yourself in the Lord?
1. I believe it starts with Jesus.
2. Affirming what Jesus thinks about you.
3. Affirming that you are the beloved of the Lord.
4. That nothing can separate you from the Love of God.
5. That God is for you and not against you.
When your back is against the wall don't look for your circumstance to change
But look to Jesus to change you in the midst of your circumstances!
II. David Inquired Of The Lord v. 8
A. David asked for the Ephod
1. It was used to see what the Will of God was for a situation.
2. David knew who to ask in his time of trouble.
Wall? What have you done in situations like that?
B. David decided to Encourage Himself.
1. David did not have anyone who was going to do it.
2. David made a decision to Encourage Himself.
C. David Encouraged Himself in the Lord
1. David knew that the Lord would never leave him or forsake him.
2. David affirmed his place and position in the Lord.
What does it mean to encourage yourself in the Lord?
1. I believe it starts with Jesus.
2. Affirming what Jesus thinks about you.
3. Affirming that you are the beloved of the Lord.
4. That nothing can separate you from the Love of God.
5. That God is for you and not against you.
When your back is against the wall don't look for your circumstance to change
But look to Jesus to change you in the midst of your circumstances!
II. David Inquired Of The Lord v. 8
A. David asked for the Ephod
1. It was used to see what the Will of God was for a situation.
2. David knew who to ask in his time of trouble.
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