There is something about being in such a place in your life where you feel completely trapped and helpless. Sometimes life just happens and you are left with no leg to stand on. Lately, I have been feeling overwhelmed and backed to a corner.
I just left church and we were talking in our life groups about our kryptonite or our weaknesses in life. The leader asked me were there any that I experience from time to time. I revealed that I tend to get overwhelmed with life and tend to experience anxiety due to the feeling of lack of control. I pondered that throughout the life group and listened to others share their stories and realized that it is absolutely necessary for us to experience trials and tribulations because our faith is tested most when times are hard. I mean, look at Job from the Bible. God asked Satan of he noticed how good of a man Job was and Satan posed a really good point in his response. He basically responded saying that Job had good reason to be as good of a man as he was because he basically lived with a wall of protection around him, he had everything he ever needed or wanted, and he was the richest man in his area at that time! Once Job was plagued in his body (amongst other things) he cursed God. What I’m saying is, we can’t expect to prove our faith in God when times are easy-peasy. It’s in those dark times when we have to truly show Satan what we are made of. My birthday is on two days and it’s the big 30. Satan has tried to get me down because I have always had so many things that I’ve wanted to accomplish before that age.
I am in a season where I have had to ask myself some tough questions. What direction is my life going? Which road am I going to take? What is my identity? Does this please God? Is this my plan or God’s plan?
Even though in this season, we may feel that we are suffering, these are the times where we need to activate our faith and declare life and speak victory over our situations. What are some areas where you feel weakened in? In what ways is God telling you to activate your faith?