Dear Loving Lord, in those times when I feel like there’s a target on my back and the things I thought couldn’t get worse have become a flood drowning me … my instinct is to come running to You. When I stray from the straight and narrow not knowing where I am, I can ask You for the directions that will get me back on track. It is at times like these, when my troubles seem to be the most threatening, that I see how faithful and true You really are. I sometimes feel like I’m going through Hell and the only way to not get burned is to grab ahold of You. At times, I find myself lost in darkness and I’m near to the brink of losing all hope and I know that, if I stumble, I will fall helplessly into the trap set for me by my enemy. But the good news is that You are always there holding out a hand to lift me up. Since my troubles have brought me to my knees, I might as well start praying because it’s my only way out of my mess.
I don’t understand how trouble is able to surround me and my struggles take hold of me and restrain me from moving forward. When I get forlorn, my hope escapes me and my strength is drained from me. Failure has become my companion and emptiness my next of kin. At times, I do not feel like I can move forward … the weight is more than I can bear … and everything inside me wants to give up. I’m scared of the future because I can’t control it. I’m leery of change because I don’t know if it will work out the way I want. I doubt myself because of my failures and I do not give You enough credit for being able to rescue me from the fixes I find myself in. My troubles seem like mountains before me blocking my way forward and my future. I feel helpless to steer my life in the right direction. My days seem to be filled with darkness and I cannot see clearly. Why am I so weary and burdened by my troubles?
And then I hear Your reply …”Come unto me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. I am gentle and humble of heart and in me you will find rest for your soul. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Praise to You, My Lord, for You have heard my cries. In Your comforting words I understand that you want to help me out of my depression and hopelessness. I know that the fruit of my sins, the demands of life and the constant bombarding of my mind with negative thoughts by my enemy is dragging me down. Through Your promises though, I am reminded that my problems are not supposed to be on top of me … I’m supposed to be on top of them. Through Your power, the unmanageable become manageable and impossibilities become possible. You have made me an overcomer and, as a result, I pledge to walk in the light of Your love rather than the darkness from which I’ve come. As long as I have You, I know I will be able to deal with trouble. And it’s in Jesus’ name I pray. AMEN!!
John 16:33 In this world you shall have troubles, but take courage, I’ve conquered the world…