Morning Meditation: Unburden your life: Day 4

Unburden your life: Day 4

You may not have wanted to get out of bed this morning.

You have probably asked a thousand times, "how much more of this can I take? When will I get a new job? When will I start my business? Why can't I find the drive I need or where is my lucky break? How will I be able to go back to school? When will my heart stop aching? When will my dreams come true?
Facing our challenges and fears is not easy, so what a blessing it is to give them over to God. That doesn't mean we ignore them or shun responsibility for them, what it means is that we allow God to give us wisdom and guidance and we determine not to worry, despair or to become depressed. Very often God uses the people in our lives to assist us.

However, be careful of the expectation that people are to be there for you and to rescue you. God has empowered you to help yourself and where your abilities fail His strength will prevail.

Remember at one of Jesus' most challenging moments (praying on the Mount of Olives) when He was in so much agony over what was to come that Luke likened the sweat falling off Him to blood. Jesus’ disciples fell asleep though He had asked them to stay awake and to be in prayer (Luke 22:39-46) Though He had people around Him, He had to face His issues alone. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to help but maybe the burdens He carried were too great for them (that’s for another post). The ability to go on was divinely sent (an Angel appeared from heaven and strengthened Jesus).

Today tap into God's power and let Him help you handle your issues.

When was the last time you prayed about your problems? Take some time and talk with God about them.

Be sure to tell your problems to God first if you must share them with other people. 

EJ