Soooooo Frustrating

Have you ever noticed that life can be just the teeniest little bit frustrating? As Christians, we encounter the same frustrations that the rest of the world encounters. It's inevitable. Nowhere in the Bible does it say our days on earth will be frustration-free when we give our lives to the Lord.

But it's actually not unGodly to be frustrated; it's how we handle the frustration that deems Godliness or unGodliness! What's your first line of defense when you run into a brick wall of frustration? Your first line of defense has to be what it is in every situation: the Word. What does the Word say about the situation that's causing frustration or irritation or anger in your life? If you don't know what the Word says, you'll have nothing to stand on to regain your balance when you hit that wall full force! If you don't know what the promises are, how can you believe they'll occur in your life?

You know, there's a line from a song in the movie "South Pacific" that I've never forgotten: the song was "Happy Talk" and the line goes something like this: "You've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?" It's almost the same theory: unless you have God's Word within you, how you gonna trust Him to see His Word come true? If you don't know what His promises are, you'll never be able to trust Him to fulfill His promises...at best all your prayers will ever be is wishful thinking!

So why am I telling you this? Because in order to combat the frustration in your life (which leads to anger, doubt, resentment, bitterness, unbelief, discouragement, and on and on) you have to know what's wrong with the situation you're in. Until you know what you're facing, you can't use that mighty Sword of the Spirit against it to gain victory.

So study! Renew your mind! Gain strength! Learn the word and learn the solutions to life's problems!