Feb. 3, 2026
Where Are You Stuck — In Your Head or Your Life?
There are seasons when nothing is obviously wrong — but something still doesn’t feel right.
You’re showing up.
You’re handling your responsibilities.
Life hasn’t stopped.
And yet, it can feel like you’re stuck.
In this episode, we begin a new series called UNSTUCK, starting with a gentle but honest question: Where are you actually stuck — in your head or in your life?
Many of us aren’t held back by indecision or a lack of faith. We’re held back because we’ve learned how to live almost entirely in our minds — replaying conversations, imagining outcomes, and thinking about life instead of fully participating in it.
Through Scripture and real-life reflection, this episode explores how faith invites us out of overthinking and back into lived, embodied trust. We look at familiar stories — like Peter stepping out of the boat and Moses moving forward at the Red Sea — and notice how movement often comes before clarity, and presence becomes the doorway to change.
This is not an episode about pressure or pushing harder.
It’s an invitation to re-enter your life, take one faithful step, and trust that God meets us in motion.
If faith has felt stalled, quiet, or mentally exhausting lately, this series — and this episode — is for you.
✨ Encouragement for your spirit. Wisdom for your walk.
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Before we settle into today's question, I want to name something important.
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This episode marks the beginning of a new series we're walking through together, a series I've been praying over and sitting with for a while now, and I'm calling it Unstuck.
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Over the next few weeks, we'll explore what it looks like to move when we feel stalled, to trust God in small, practical ways, and to step back into our lives when we've been living mostly in our heads.
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My hope is that by the end of this series, you'll feel more grounded, more encouraged, and more willing to stay.
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Step into the life God is meeting you in.
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If you've been feeling quietly stuck and trapped inside your own head, let me tell you, you are not alone.
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So let's begin where many of us actually are.
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There are seasons when nothing is obviously wrong, but something still doesn't feel right.
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And it can be hard to put your finger on why.
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You're showing up to what's in front of you.
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You're handling your responsibilities, and from the outside, it probably looks like you're doing just fine, capable, steady, and doing what needs to be done.
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But inside, it feels like you're stuck in neutral.
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You're not moving backward, but you're not moving forward either.
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And it's not because life has stopped.
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It's because life has slowly started happening almost entirely in your mind.
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You're thinking about conversations instead of actually being present in them.
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You're imagining outcomes instead of engaging what's actually in front of you.
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You're replaying the past, rehearsing the future and missing the light that's unfolding right now.
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Life hasn't stopped.
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It's just been relocated from real life experience to more mental activity.
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You're spending a lot of time thinking, processing, praying, and replaying things in your head.
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And somehow all of that effort doesn't translate into real life movement.
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Faith stays active mentally, but your life feels paused physically.
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Hi, I'm Melissa, and this is my question for you.
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This is a space to slow down, take a breath, and remember what's true as we keep walking forward, imperfectly but faithfully.
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And today's question is one I've had to ask myself more than once.
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Where am I actually stuck?
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In my head or in my life?
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I'll say this honestly because it's something I recognize in myself.
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I'm an overthinker.
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If there's a decision to be made, I can think about it from every possible angle.
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I can imagine what could go right, what could go wrong.
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And all of the things that might fall apart somewhere in the middle.
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I can pray about it, journal about it, talk it through, sit with it, come back to it later, and convince myself that I'm being wise and discerning.
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But if I'm really being honest, a lot of the time, it isn't wisdom.
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It's fear.
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It just sounds more spiritual if we call it wisdom.
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And I don't think that's unique to me.
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A lot of us aren't stuck because we don't love God or don't want to grow.
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We're stuck because we've learned how to live almost entirely in our heads, thinking about life instead of participating in it.
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For many of us, overthinking isn't just something we do when we're stressed.
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It becomes the place where we live.
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We live in our thoughts, our plans, our internal conversations, our mental rehearsals.
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We think about who we'll be once things change, how we'll feel once we finally start, and what life might look like when everything lines up.
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And while all of that is happening, real life keeps moving.
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Relationships, opportunities, healing, growth.
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And we're only half present for it.
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This isn't a discipline problem.
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It's a presence problem.
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Overthinking usually doesn't look dramatic.
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It looks responsible.
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It sounds like wanting more clarity before making a move.
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It looks like waiting until you feel more confident or until circumstances improve.
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And none of that is wrong in itself.
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Thinking matters.
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Discernment matters.
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Wisdom matters.
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But there's a moment when thinking quietly turns into a hiding place, a place to stay safe by staying internal.
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And life keeps moving while we remain in planning mode.
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Scripture doesn't really support that kind of stuckness.
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When we read the Bible honestly, you don't see God waiting for people to feel completely settled internally.
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You see him responding to people who move while their thoughts are still catching up.
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Scripture doesn't confront what we believe.
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It controls where we're living.
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Again and again, God calls people out of internal fear and back into embodied trust, where faith is practiced in real time, not just thought about in theory.
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One of the clearest pictures of this is Peter walking on the water.
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We know this story.
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The disciples are out on the boat.
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The wind is strong, the waves are loud, and it's dark.
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They're already scared and uncomfortable, and they're already unsure when they see Jesus walking toward them on the water.
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That's when Peter speaks up and says, lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water.
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And Jesus answers him with one word.
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He simply Says come.
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No explanation, no reassurance, no outline of how this is going to work.
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And Peter steps out of that boat while the storm is still happening.
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He doesn't wait for the water to calm down.
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He doesn't calculate whether it makes sense or not.
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He just steps out in the middle of uncertainty.
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And yes, we all know Peter notices the wind and he starts to sink.
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And Jesus reaches out and catches him.
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That part gets a lot of attention.
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That's the part we all know about the story.
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But what we often miss is that Peter was the only one who experienced what it was like to walk on water.
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All the others stayed in the boat, not because they didn't believe, but because they stayed where it felt mentally safe.
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They watched instead of lived.
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Overthinking also keeps us in the boat.
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It feels controlled there.
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It feels safe to observe the rather than to step into the moment God is actually standing in.
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You see this pattern earlier in scripture with Moses at the Red Sea.
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People are panicking.
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They're scared.
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The army is behind them.
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And then Moses cries out to God.
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But God doesn't give him a simp, a long explanation, or ask him to calm everyone down.
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First, he tells Moses to lift his staff and move forward.
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What's easy to miss is that the sea doesn't part before Moses acts.
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It parts after.
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Moses didn't have proof that the water would move.
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He didn't have a backup plan.
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He had one step of obedience in front of him, and he took it.
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That step didn't just part the water.
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It pulled Moses out of the fear driven thinking and back into embodied trust.
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Trust in God.
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His body moved before his mind felt okay with it.
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Before his mind could understand what was actually happening.
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And that movement created space for God to act.
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We want the water to part first so we can feel safe about moving.
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God often asks us to move first and trust that he'll make a way as we do.
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That's especially hard for overthinkers, because we want clarity before action.
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We want scripture to help us understand all of the components before we actually take a step.
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But scripture keeps showing us that obedience usually comes first and clarity follows.
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This is where overthinking quietly becomes a problem.
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Not because thinking is bad, but because it starts replacing our trust.
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God hasn't given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
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A sound mind isn't a mind that never feels afraid.
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It's a mind that knows fear doesn't get to make the final decision.
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Overthinking tells us to stay where we are until everything makes sense.
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Faith invites us to move back into our lives, even when it doesn't make sense yet.
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So what does it actually look like to get unstuck?
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Not mentally, but practically most of the time.
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It's not dramatic.
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It's not a big deal.
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It's choosing to be where your feet are.
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It's engaging the conversation you've been replaying in your head and not being afraid to speak up or to say something or to engage with that person that you've been talking through in your head.
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It's taking the walk you've been thinking about.
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It's starting the thing you've been planning instead of just living around it.
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Instead of asking what might go wrong, you ask what the next right step is, the step that brings you back into your life today, not five steps from now.
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You don't need the full plan.
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You don't need certainty.
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You just need to be willing to participate in your own life.
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Faith in this sense, is less about courage and it's more about presence.
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You move and courage meets you there.
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God meets movement.
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He always has.
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As we close today, I want to slow this down because this isn't just something to think about, it's something to carry with you.
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My question for you is this.
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Where are you actually stuck right now?
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In your head or in your life?
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If you feel stuck, it doesn't mean your life has stalled.
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It may simply mean you've been living it in your head instead of in real time.
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And the invitation God is offering you isn't to figure everything out.
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It's to come back into your life right where you are and trust him there.
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Joy doesn't come from wishing peace.
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Success doesn't come from rehearsing.
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And change doesn't come from just hoping.
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It comes from stepping forward.
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Next week, we're going to talk about what's underneath.
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The overthinking, the fear, the control, the disappointment and the identity questions that keep us stuck longer than we need to be.
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But for now, don't overanalyze this.
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Just take one step.
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God already knows how to meet you there.
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So until next time, keep asking, keep listening, and keep stepping back into your life, trusting that God meets you in motion.
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Foreign.
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If today's question stayed with you, I'd love to keep the conversation going.
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Each week I send a short email called this week's question a Quiet Invitation.
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And it's a simple reflection to help you stay grounded, to pay attention, to dive deeper into God's word, and to walk with God throughout your week.
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You can sign up at my question for you.com bringing you encouragement for your spirit and wisdom for your walk.
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Sam.
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Before we settle into today's question, I want to name something important.
00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:34.939
This episode marks the beginning of a new series we're walking through together, a series I've been praying over and sitting with for a while now, and I'm calling it Unstuck.
00:00:35.899 --> 00:00:49.579
Over the next few weeks, we'll explore what it looks like to move when we feel stalled, to trust God in small, practical ways, and to step back into our lives when we've been living mostly in our heads.
00:00:50.539 --> 00:00:57.530
My hope is that by the end of this series, you'll feel more grounded, more encouraged, and more willing to stay.
00:00:57.679 --> 00:00:59.759
Step into the life God is meeting you in.
00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:07.200
If you've been feeling quietly stuck and trapped inside your own head, let me tell you, you are not alone.
00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.120
So let's begin where many of us actually are.
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There are seasons when nothing is obviously wrong, but something still doesn't feel right.
00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:21.439
And it can be hard to put your finger on why.
00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:24.319
You're showing up to what's in front of you.
00:01:24.620 --> 00:01:34.540
You're handling your responsibilities, and from the outside, it probably looks like you're doing just fine, capable, steady, and doing what needs to be done.
00:01:34.939 --> 00:01:38.299
But inside, it feels like you're stuck in neutral.
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You're not moving backward, but you're not moving forward either.
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And it's not because life has stopped.
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It's because life has slowly started happening almost entirely in your mind.
00:01:53.079 --> 00:01:57.560
You're thinking about conversations instead of actually being present in them.
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You're imagining outcomes instead of engaging what's actually in front of you.
00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:10.120
You're replaying the past, rehearsing the future and missing the light that's unfolding right now.
00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:12.520
Life hasn't stopped.
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It's just been relocated from real life experience to more mental activity.
00:02:20.259 --> 00:02:26.500
You're spending a lot of time thinking, processing, praying, and replaying things in your head.
00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:31.379
And somehow all of that effort doesn't translate into real life movement.
00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:37.139
Faith stays active mentally, but your life feels paused physically.
00:02:38.340 --> 00:02:42.099
Hi, I'm Melissa, and this is my question for you.
00:02:42.909 --> 00:02:52.750
This is a space to slow down, take a breath, and remember what's true as we keep walking forward, imperfectly but faithfully.
00:02:53.150 --> 00:02:57.389
And today's question is one I've had to ask myself more than once.
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Where am I actually stuck?
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In my head or in my life?
00:03:13.539 --> 00:03:17.620
I'll say this honestly because it's something I recognize in myself.
00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:20.659
I'm an overthinker.
00:03:21.300 --> 00:03:26.020
If there's a decision to be made, I can think about it from every possible angle.
00:03:26.419 --> 00:03:29.460
I can imagine what could go right, what could go wrong.
00:03:29.699 --> 00:03:33.620
And all of the things that might fall apart somewhere in the middle.
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I can pray about it, journal about it, talk it through, sit with it, come back to it later, and convince myself that I'm being wise and discerning.
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But if I'm really being honest, a lot of the time, it isn't wisdom.
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It's fear.
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It just sounds more spiritual if we call it wisdom.
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And I don't think that's unique to me.
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A lot of us aren't stuck because we don't love God or don't want to grow.
00:03:59.669 --> 00:04:08.560
We're stuck because we've learned how to live almost entirely in our heads, thinking about life instead of participating in it.
00:04:09.520 --> 00:04:13.759
For many of us, overthinking isn't just something we do when we're stressed.
00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.160
It becomes the place where we live.
00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:22.959
We live in our thoughts, our plans, our internal conversations, our mental rehearsals.
00:04:23.519 --> 00:04:33.519
We think about who we'll be once things change, how we'll feel once we finally start, and what life might look like when everything lines up.
00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:38.040
And while all of that is happening, real life keeps moving.
00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.399
Relationships, opportunities, healing, growth.
00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:44.120
And we're only half present for it.
00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:46.839
This isn't a discipline problem.
00:04:47.399 --> 00:04:48.759
It's a presence problem.
00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:53.079
Overthinking usually doesn't look dramatic.
00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:54.680
It looks responsible.
00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:58.759
It sounds like wanting more clarity before making a move.
00:04:59.569 --> 00:05:04.930
It looks like waiting until you feel more confident or until circumstances improve.
00:05:05.730 --> 00:05:07.970
And none of that is wrong in itself.
00:05:08.610 --> 00:05:09.810
Thinking matters.
00:05:09.889 --> 00:05:11.250
Discernment matters.
00:05:11.569 --> 00:05:12.769
Wisdom matters.
00:05:12.930 --> 00:05:21.329
But there's a moment when thinking quietly turns into a hiding place, a place to stay safe by staying internal.
00:05:21.569 --> 00:05:25.250
And life keeps moving while we remain in planning mode.
00:05:26.660 --> 00:05:29.699
Scripture doesn't really support that kind of stuckness.
00:05:30.500 --> 00:05:36.500
When we read the Bible honestly, you don't see God waiting for people to feel completely settled internally.
00:05:36.980 --> 00:05:42.420
You see him responding to people who move while their thoughts are still catching up.
00:05:43.139 --> 00:05:45.459
Scripture doesn't confront what we believe.
00:05:45.779 --> 00:05:47.540
It controls where we're living.
00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:59.930
Again and again, God calls people out of internal fear and back into embodied trust, where faith is practiced in real time, not just thought about in theory.
00:06:01.050 --> 00:06:04.569
One of the clearest pictures of this is Peter walking on the water.
00:06:05.050 --> 00:06:06.089
We know this story.
00:06:06.410 --> 00:06:08.250
The disciples are out on the boat.
00:06:08.569 --> 00:06:11.689
The wind is strong, the waves are loud, and it's dark.
00:06:12.170 --> 00:06:19.850
They're already scared and uncomfortable, and they're already unsure when they see Jesus walking toward them on the water.
00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:28.019
That's when Peter speaks up and says, lord, if it's you, tell me to come to you on the water.
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And Jesus answers him with one word.
00:06:32.180 --> 00:06:34.420
He simply Says come.
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No explanation, no reassurance, no outline of how this is going to work.
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And Peter steps out of that boat while the storm is still happening.
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He doesn't wait for the water to calm down.
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He doesn't calculate whether it makes sense or not.
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He just steps out in the middle of uncertainty.
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And yes, we all know Peter notices the wind and he starts to sink.
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And Jesus reaches out and catches him.
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That part gets a lot of attention.
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That's the part we all know about the story.
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But what we often miss is that Peter was the only one who experienced what it was like to walk on water.
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All the others stayed in the boat, not because they didn't believe, but because they stayed where it felt mentally safe.
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They watched instead of lived.
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Overthinking also keeps us in the boat.
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It feels controlled there.
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It feels safe to observe the rather than to step into the moment God is actually standing in.
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You see this pattern earlier in scripture with Moses at the Red Sea.
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People are panicking.
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They're scared.
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The army is behind them.
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And then Moses cries out to God.
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But God doesn't give him a simp, a long explanation, or ask him to calm everyone down.
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First, he tells Moses to lift his staff and move forward.
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What's easy to miss is that the sea doesn't part before Moses acts.
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It parts after.
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Moses didn't have proof that the water would move.
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He didn't have a backup plan.
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He had one step of obedience in front of him, and he took it.
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That step didn't just part the water.
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It pulled Moses out of the fear driven thinking and back into embodied trust.
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Trust in God.
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His body moved before his mind felt okay with it.
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Before his mind could understand what was actually happening.
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And that movement created space for God to act.
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We want the water to part first so we can feel safe about moving.
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God often asks us to move first and trust that he'll make a way as we do.
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That's especially hard for overthinkers, because we want clarity before action.
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We want scripture to help us understand all of the components before we actually take a step.
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But scripture keeps showing us that obedience usually comes first and clarity follows.
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This is where overthinking quietly becomes a problem.
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Not because thinking is bad, but because it starts replacing our trust.
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God hasn't given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
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A sound mind isn't a mind that never feels afraid.
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It's a mind that knows fear doesn't get to make the final decision.
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Overthinking tells us to stay where we are until everything makes sense.
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Faith invites us to move back into our lives, even when it doesn't make sense yet.
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So what does it actually look like to get unstuck?
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Not mentally, but practically most of the time.
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It's not dramatic.
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It's not a big deal.
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It's choosing to be where your feet are.
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It's engaging the conversation you've been replaying in your head and not being afraid to speak up or to say something or to engage with that person that you've been talking through in your head.
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It's taking the walk you've been thinking about.
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It's starting the thing you've been planning instead of just living around it.
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Instead of asking what might go wrong, you ask what the next right step is, the step that brings you back into your life today, not five steps from now.
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You don't need the full plan.
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You don't need certainty.
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You just need to be willing to participate in your own life.
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Faith in this sense, is less about courage and it's more about presence.
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You move and courage meets you there.
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God meets movement.
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He always has.
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As we close today, I want to slow this down because this isn't just something to think about, it's something to carry with you.
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My question for you is this.
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Where are you actually stuck right now?
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In your head or in your life?
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If you feel stuck, it doesn't mean your life has stalled.
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It may simply mean you've been living it in your head instead of in real time.
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And the invitation God is offering you isn't to figure everything out.
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It's to come back into your life right where you are and trust him there.
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Joy doesn't come from wishing peace.
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Success doesn't come from rehearsing.
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And change doesn't come from just hoping.
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It comes from stepping forward.
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Next week, we're going to talk about what's underneath.
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The overthinking, the fear, the control, the disappointment and the identity questions that keep us stuck longer than we need to be.
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But for now, don't overanalyze this.
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Just take one step.
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God already knows how to meet you there.
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So until next time, keep asking, keep listening, and keep stepping back into your life, trusting that God meets you in motion.
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Foreign.
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If today's question stayed with you, I'd love to keep the conversation going.
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Each week I send a short email called this week's question a Quiet Invitation.
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And it's a simple reflection to help you stay grounded, to pay attention, to dive deeper into God's word, and to walk with God throughout your week.
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You can sign up at my question for you.com bringing you encouragement for your spirit and wisdom for your walk.
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Sam.
