What if I fell?

So today my brother, Mother and I went over to our Clearfield house to do some more cleanup before family comes for thanksgiving. I did a few easy jobs like pruning trees and hammering nails back into the fence first, and then I had to clean the gutters. I have never before today done this, and certainly not on two story houses. I am understandably nervous as I draw nearer to the edge to shovel out the pine needles and who knows what else is in the gutter. I reach forward and almost in response a wasp climbs up out of the pine needles I was reaching for. The idea came to me, what if i had reached straight into a wasps nest and gotten stung? what if I had freaked out and jumped up? what if in jumping up i accidentally lept off the roof completely? What if I fell?
Thinking this over tonight I thought what am I doing everyday to account for my living? Lately Ive been hitting a sort of Spiritual dry spot. I havent felt much movement or growth and its made me wonder. Sadly I havent really been helping myself out of this as much as I would like to say, but in the end isnt it really up to God where we are or not?

Ephesians 5:10-16
" Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead expose them. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, "Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light."

Sin should have no part in our lives, and while we allow it we are sadly as said here, Sleepers. But Christ promises us that if we wake up and rise up then he will give us light... this point is so simple yet hard to relate. As long as we live in sin and let it control us then expecting growth from God just because we read his word every day and pray and ask him for wisdom is like asking him to shine a light for us and then purposefully shutting our eyes and stumbling again.
I really have become too comfortable with sin and let eat away at me.

Galatians 5:1
" So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure you stay free, and dont get tied up again in slavery to the law."

and again in Galatians 5:16-17

"So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you wont be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. these two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions"

and Finally in Galatians 5:24-25
" Those who belong to Christ Jesus have naild the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirits leading in every part of our lives. "

So where does this leave me? I know that I am struggling with sin everyday, and I know that I long to walk with God in every part of my life. I trust the Spirit to lead me out of sin and into an amazing relationship with him, I just need to follow.