Feeling stressed out?

The Lord is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt Him. - Exudos 15:2

Are you feeling you are stressed out? Are you thinking you don't measure up even though you think you have put in your all? Are you doubting your ability to finish what have been tasked to you? Are you feeling condemned that you have been falling short of what people expect of you or even your own expectations? Hey, maybe you just want to throw in the white towel and call it quits? Maybe you think your life is not worth the living afterall and you want to end it now?

STOP!

There is no such thing as plain sailing in life! There are challenges in every corners of our lives; some are so overwhelming that we feel like giving up immediately. Yet when we looked back at those moments in our lives where we didn't quit and instead became stronger and wiser, we can't help but to give thanks to God who gladly supplied His strength, and will continue to supply abundantly His strength in us to see us through difficult times of our lives. We don't have to keep looking for challenges for they will find us. And when we face them head on and trust the Almighty God for His wisdom and favour, God will see us through!

The bible tells us God delivered His people out of the tyrannical rule of the Egyptian ruler. But God didn't immediately deliver His people out of Egypt the moment they were oppressed by the Egyptians. He waited four hundred and thirty years before the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea. And even then, God didn't automatically open the Red Sea when the children of Israel were at the bank of the sea with the furious Egyprtian armies hot on their heels. He 'waited' for Moses to ask Him for help before He commanded Moses to hit the sea with his rod. Also, God sent Moses to deliver His people only when they started to moan of the hardship under the rule of Pharaoh.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over. - Psalm 23:5. Why does God prepare a table in the presence of our enemies? Why does God, at so many instances, wait till the very last moment to deliver His people? This is so so that we can know without a shadow of doubt it is God who has so graciously delivered us out of our predicaments! Why does God set prepare a table? I believe it is a form of ritual to celebrate victory between covenant people. We are His covenant people because of the finished work of Jesus at the cross. In the same verse, God anoints the head of the righteous with oil. To put it simply, He is pouring His provisions over His people. And the provisions are overflowing because our cups run over!

As the beloved of the Lord, we can look and trust in the Almighty God who never fails. He may seem to be late in delivering His people out of their dire straits but God is ALWAYS on time. His timing is ALWAYS perfect. Keep believing for good happening and just let go and let God. Hallelujah.