The doldrums train you to place your trust in God and not in your own frantic blowing. There will be, even must be, times when you draw the sail and nothing happens. You are doing everything “right.” You are reading the living Word, but it does not seem alive. You are praying to the living God, but it seems like no one’s listening. You are worshipping, but it just sounds like noise. You’re doing all you know how to do, yet you are stuck. The doldrums are there to remind you that it is the real God you are seeking. You must wait on him because he is God. He is not in our service. We are in his.
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