By Christina V.
When
you're having a bad day, what do you do? Do you complain? Worry? Get
upset? I tend to do all three of those things plus more. For some
reason, I just can't seem to remember to take my problems to the Lord.
Eventually I do, but not until I've tried everything else. I tend to
save the Lord for last. But this isn't the way we should handle things.
Psalm 55:22
The Message says "Pile your troubles on God's shoulders-He'll carry
your load, He'll help you out." The people who annoy you and the
problems that you have should be taken to the Lord. He'll help you
through it. Things may not be going your way, but that's okay! Sometimes
there's a reason things happen, even though we don't understand at that
moment why. I'll never forget one time I was getting annoyed because a
friend of mine was running late, and we had planned to go to church
together. After they finally showed up, we rode to the church and on the
way there, saw they were cleaning up wreckage from a bad accident that
had just happened less than a half mile from the church. If my friend
had been on time, we might have been the ones in the accident. I
shouldn't have gotten so annoyed but instead just gave it to God and let
things happen as they happened.
When
things get tough we just need to give it to God before anything else.
He will help us get through it. Imagine how much easier and relaxed our
lives would be if we just remembered to come to Him for EVERYTHING
first. Isaiah 41:10 NCV "So don't worry, because I am with you.
Don't be afraid because I am Your God. I will make you strong and will
help you; I will support you with My right hand that saves you." Letting
things worry us and make us afraid only brings us down and takes our
focus away from God.
Instead
of complaining, worrying, and stressing out, first just remember that
God will give us strength to get through the hard times, if we'll just
come to Him. He should be our first answer, not our last choice.
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