Have you been or are you at the end of your rope? If so, then you are now in the realm of the new. Being at the end of your rope is not always a ‘bad’. Being at the end means, though, that you’ve tried everything you know to do but nothing’s worked – you’re still in the predicament (multiple definitions). So now what? How are you to resolve your unresolvable?
If you’ve tried ‘everything’ then you must start looking for unique answers. Or, should you simply give up and admit defeat? Those appear to be your only two responses to such a situation. Obviously there is no guarantee that if you do continue that you’ll find your answer, but are you ready to quit? What do you need to do and what can you do – they may not be the same. Analysis has to be your first step if you plan on continuing, even if you’ve been doing this throughout the process. However, you now have to look for new, perhaps even revolutionary responses.
All of what’s been said relates to issues in our lives that we face. But what about our spiritual issues – do the same approaches apply? How do we respond, resolve the seeming unresolvable spiritual questions and issues? Or people ‘problems’, how do we handle these? Can we apply the natural to the spiritual? Unfortunately we do and that’s our greatest mistake! We should be applying the spiritual to the natural. The first thing we should do (the spiritual) is to stop. Stop and then pray. Stop, pray and then read scripture. Stop, pray, read, and listen to what the Spirit is telling you.
I realize that my suggestion may appear simplistic and unrealistic, but it isn’t. The spiritual isn’t relegated to only Sunday morning – it’s to be applied to all of your life, in all aspects of your living. While it may not answer a particular technical question, it may provided you with the creativity you need to resolve it. And it is the only way to resolve people problems/issues. You have the methodology of what to do when you are at the end of your rope. The decision to use it is yours…
