Frustrated?

What do we do when we become so frustrated with life that we feel as if we are going to break? I have been asking myself this question for the last two weeks. What keeps coming back to my mind are all of the little victories I have experienced over the last couple of weeks.

Let me stop myself right here. I was reminded a while back that whenever God does something for you, it is never to be considered a small thing.

So to correct my previous statement, what continues to come back to my mind are the victories I have experienced over the last couple of weeks. I have asked God for forgiveness. I find myself at times feeling so overwhelmed that I forget to thank God. I forget to thank him because I have a roof over my head and a warm bed to sleep in. I forget to thank him for my beautiful wife and three beautiful daughters. I tend to see only me and my sorrows. Everything and everyone around me irritates me in some way or another. I see all of my responsibilities as weights on my shoulders and I feel like Moses felt in Numbers 11:10-15. It says Moses heard all of the families standing in front of their tents weeping, and the Lord became extremely angry. Moses was also very aggravated. And Moses said to the Lord, “Why are you treating me, your servant so miserably? What did I do to deserve the burden of a people like this?... I can’t carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy!...

I disappoint myself in these times. Like me, I think others too go through similar periods of frustration.

What I say to you is the same thing that I say to myself. When you feel like your world is on fire, stop, drop and pray. Talk to God more. Pray without ceasing. Remember what He says:

Joshua 1:9, I command you – be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

When Moses was discouraged and frustrated, God did not rebuke him, instead He gave Moses help. He heard the crying out of Moses. God sometimes wants us to cry out to Him. He wants us to see that we can’t do it on our own. Self-sufficiency is our sin far too many times. I am trying so hard to lean on God and His wisdom.

They say there is strength in numbers. This week my prayer focus will be for God to hold me up in my frustration. I invite you to join me. Pray that God will keep us strong in the midst of trying times.

God Bless You.