Faith

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A downcast soul is one of the difficult things to comprehend. We may be downcast because of so many reasons. It could be because we dont have a clear goal and purpose, or it could be because of much sin in our lives and we can think of so many things that might take the sweetness out of our souls. We read about this in Psalms 42:5, The writer says,

"Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God."

As we read across Psalms 42, we find the agony and frustration of a downcast soul. Even the bones suffered mortal agony due to the impact of the stress. We all know about stress and its impact in our lives. It leads to all other medical complications and spiritual dryness. But there is one more dimension to it. Stress could be considered as a test. We see in Bible that many of the mighty men and women of God were subjected to stress and we need to learn how they dealt with it.

The basic test that stress poses is this "Are we trying to control it by triggering our emotions? or, "Do we trust in the promises of the almighty God?". Here lies the secret, if we try to put our minds at work, we can never beat stress because our problems are too bigger for our small intelligence to solve. Look at how the Psalmist handles this situation. He says,

"Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God"

Dear friends, many of us reading this might be under unbearable stress in our lives. We may even think as why we need to exist in this world. But, Let us shift our focus from our problems towards God. Our huge problems are nothing in front of such a glorious and powerful God, at whose voice the earth shakes. Shall we praise Him? Shall we lift Him up?. When we earnestly ask God and surrender our "self" to Him, we can be assured that He will deliver us.

Jesus says in Matthew 11:28-30 "28Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.".

If the stress that we undergo today leads us towards our loving saviour, that would be the greatest blessing that could be bestowed upon us. Let our downcast soul trust God and find the needed rest in Him!

By Brucelin Kithion
http://seeklifepurpose.blogspot.com/

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