Moments of Turmoil

Have you ever struggled or experienced a period of so much pain? Where things are just going wrong for you? Where those around you seem to all be working around you? Or perhaps you are there right now you are having so many things falling apart and you feel like it's the end? My friend I have a message for us all.

Nothing we go through in life is a surprise to God . In fact life is full of moments of rest and moments of upheaval. During moments of rest things go smoothly and pleasantly. When one is at rest, they should enjoy it and get into prayer because they understand the next season is the upheaval season. When one is in the upheaval season it's not the time to ask why me Lord. It's the time to seriously seek God and ask Him to quicken your understanding of that which God needs you to learn. Only then shall peace reign in your heart once more. See praying for the pain to end isn't enough. It's praying for a deeper understanding of what one is going through. I am opined that if I pray for the pain to end and the lesson I was to get doesn't come through, I shall experience the pain once more.  My understanding is I shall experience the pain till I get the lesson.

That boss that is a pain, that child that is trouble, that project that is taking you so long to complete, that spouse who is being difficult, what is the lesson I need to learn, that needs to be the question. Not why can't this thing change or turn around? It's not turning around because one doesn't want to take time to get the lesson.

Allow me to take you back to the scriptures. David had his share of seasons of rest and upheaval. Read the book of Samuel you shall see it all. God gave Solomon a period of rest so that he build the temple. Sometimes as parents we shall experience upheaval so that our children experience rest. Some of us are having rest because our parents experienced the upheaval on our behalf.

I pray this has given us all a deeper understanding of things.

May the peace of God reign over us all.