Overwhelmed and distressed

01/08/2020

Psalm 25; 69
Overwhelmed and distressed

The book of Psalms addresses all the feelings one could experience, challenges we might face and also offers guidance for serving the Lord. Let’s spend some time and discuss these over the next few days or weeks, depending on how the Lord leads us.

“Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.” (Ps 25 v 16 – 17)

Do you feel overwhelmed and distressed to the point where the waters are threatening your life and the flood has overflown you? (Ps 69 v 1 – 2). You are weeping in your soul, afflicted and in pain, while pleading to be delivered from the deep waters you find yourself in. Yet it seems like the Lord is delaying your deliverance…

I was in a situation once that overwhelmed me and overtook my soul, causing unbearable distress to the point of almost breaking down and at that time the Lord felt so far away. I would pray and could feel the distance between us, as if there was a barrier put up between myself and God.

Many of us experience this “heartfelt pain” on a daily basis and cannot seem to find peace, while trying to figure out how we will solve the problem. Instead of turning to the Lord and bringing our case before Him, we attempt to resolve the issue ourselves. We are all guilty of that at one point in our lives.

Seek the Lord earnestly, while you wait for Him to fight the battle for you. This does not mean we take on a “bunker mentality“, but we continue our walk in the faith with our head held high and do what our hand finds to do.