Next Exit Frustration?

You’re doing it again aren’t you? You are trying to work it out for yourself, fumbling around with it inside your head, and wrestling with the problem.   On the inside  (and maybe even on the outside) you fight to fix or figure the thing out.  After all, God did bless us with the ability to problem solve. Shouldn’t we use it?  Yes, as best we can, we should.  But when a situation gets you to the point of frustration, just stop. I'm not saying that we should never get frustrated. Believe it or not, frustration is an emotion that was given to us by God. He didn’t mean for us to ever remain in it, though. It is supposed to be an early indicator.  Frustration is intended to alert us that we forgot to involve God.  We are relying on ourselves when we should be relying on God.  That is what is causes the struggle.  It doesn’t have to be so hard.  We have help.  We have wisdom shared with us in the Bible that can provide enlightenment for any situation.  We should have Godly confidants in our lives that we can call up and trust to give us insightful counsel. We also have prayer.  We can tell God about it and let him know that we want to hear from him about it and that we invite him to handle things.  When we deal with overwhelming situations without God, it’s like driving a car that is seriously in need of an alignment.  You may struggle through it , but it could have been much easier. Sometimes driving without proper alignment can make a bad situation worse or even cause a fatal accident.  So take care of those things you can take care of.  Handle those things you can handle.  But when it gets to be more than you can bear and the frustration alarm starts to sound, put your car in park and turn the wheel back over to God.

Prayer:  Lord help us to remember that you are in control and you fight for us.  Help us to be still and know that you are God.