Handling Stress with God – God is faithful
Last week, there was a bug in the code at work that caused so much stress. Everybody was over me. I accepted responsibility as passing the buck doesn’t make anything for the client. Anyways, I resolved to make sure my weakness doesn’t overtake me when I am afraid or stressed.
I was angry sometimes, tired and confused. The right approach will be to thank God and be still. I did remind myself of all the promise that has been given in the bible. Especially, I Corinthians 1:13 – No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you will be able to bear it.
The beauty of this verse is that not only he will make a way of escape so we can ‘bear’ it. Only the creator knows the limit of each individual. He sometimes stretches us to we can ‘bear’ more. Carrying more burdens of His, mainly. We certainly can’t understand why these things keep happening to us. Sometimes it frustrates us when we are keen to have a peaceful life – without any troubles – of course forgetting that we need God every day.
It is good that these troubles come so we are reminded that God is the one who is holding us and in control and that are lives are hidden in Him (http://bit.ly/wP2uFG). We want to have ‘peace’ in our ‘own’ ways. Didn’t I surrender myself completely and then why I am trying to take back. Didn’t I surrender to the creator who created the heavens and earth. Doesn’t he know? Yes, He does.
But, there is a difference between trusting something as God and creator as God. First doesn’t help one bit but Creator not only creates but sustains as well.
Even yesterday, I had to do some groceries and I was in the Indian store near Tamarind with so much anxiety, especially about the work load. I love to work but sometimes it takes all my weekends and nights. Nobody knows how much I am giving to work but because processes are not well defined it blows up in our face sometimes. I was reminding myself I trust in you Lord ..I trust in you…and the my mind and my heart calmed down as they are instructing me to do something. I think it is time to be still.
Psalm 46:10
New International Version (NIV)
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
