Last week we mentioned that ruts can rob us of opportunities. When we look deeper we discover ruts can also be embedded in our attitudes. It takes focus and honesty to admit their presence.
Ruts softly lull us into unchallenged complacency. They are comfortably familiar but they are also boring. We can be lured into accepting boredom because boring is mind-numbing. It becomes easier to linger in boredom than exert effort to break free.
What would happen in 2025 if we do choose to leave our attitude-ruts? What if we objectively examine our lifestyle and thought patterns? What if we were bold enough to challenge those unhealthy, comfortable attitudes and began asking questions like these?
- What am I doing because I’ve always done it and no longer question why?
- What life-sucking thoughts do I entertain out of habitual recitation?
- What Biblical truth do I dismiss as irrelevant for me?
- What dreams have I laid aside because I don’t feel capable… needed… worthy?
- What have I stored on the back shelf because I’m afraid… or apathetic?
Contented boredom is a dreary way to live. It is unhealthy emotionally, spiritually, and even physically. We were made for more than life in a rut.
God has prepared good things for us. Work to do. Contributions to make. Discoveries to uncover. Freedom to relish. Joy to experience.
Let’s pull ourselves out of our ruts by shifting our inward focus outward and asking God to breathe new life into us.
Happy New Attitude!
Let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.
Then you will learn to know God’s will for you,
which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:2 NLT
BARBARA HIGBY 