Dealing With Stress (2)

When we are dealing with stress the slogan ‘This too shall pass’ is a helpful principle to remember. God promises us love and strength sufficient for each day. God’s love is unfailing and His strength is sufficient for all our needs.  Even in a day of trouble we can get through, get the rest we need, and face the next new day with new resources.  Good days will return.  While our hope is in the living God, we will never fail.

The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.  Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.  I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” (Lamentations 3:22-24 NLT)

                                    

God will never permit circumstances to break or shatter us. He knows our frame and will not allow us to be overloaded beyond what we can bear. Rather, God seeks to use our stressful times as opportunities for us to gain His perspective, lean on His strength, and develop perseverance with which we can run life's course.



God may not change the circumstance that is pressing on us.  He may not remove the person who bothers us greatly.  He may not heal the affliction that daily grates away at our body and soul.  But God will dramatically alter our emotions and responses as we turn to Him instead of running or exploding.  As we trust in God’s power and wisdom to actually support us and show us new solutions, we gain spiritual maturity and hardiness of spirit.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.  In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid.  What can mere mortals do to me? (Psalm 56:3-4 NIV)

When we call on God for help He has promised to deliver us.

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