What Do I Do?

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” – Jeremiah 33:3

Have you ever been burdened with something, and you just didn’t know what to do about it? I have. It can be such a concern that it often stops me from accomplishing anything else because I am so consumed by the worry surrounding this situation or problem. Usually I try to find the solutions on my own. You’d think I’d have learned by now that trying to solve my problems by myself is rarely the way to go, yet I still seem to find myself making feeble attempts to fix whatever it is. This often  leaves me frustrated, despondent, and sometimes in tears!

It is usually when I feel most defeated that I remember I have a Father in heaven who yearns for me to call upon Him for everything! His Word reminds me again and again that if I just go to Him, He will gladly help me in each and every situation. Jeremiah 29:12 states, “Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.”

Not only does the Bible repeatedly remind me to seek God’s help in all things, it bluntly states that the reason I don’t have the answers I seek is simply because I fail to ask Him. James 4:2 records, “…yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”

I can get easily upset when things go awry, especially when I don’t see a way out of a mess, but I do know that I can trust God to handle anything that comes my way. If I pray to Him, He promises to answer… every single time! It may not be in the way I had hoped, but I must remember what God said in Isaiah 55:9, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” However God chooses to respond to my prayers will be the very best for me and those concerned, and I know that He will only do that which is right and good.

It remains my responsibility to trust God completely. The Bible tells me in Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” In our sinful world of chaos and uncertainty, it is good to know my God has it all under control. Being able to trust Him to relieve my burdens and order my steps affords me with His precious peace that passes all understanding! (Philippians 4:7)

Are you weary, are you heavy hearted?
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus.
Are you grieving over joys departed?
Tell it to Jesus alone.
 
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus,
He is a Friend that’s well known.
You’ve no other such a friend or brother,
Tell it to Jesus alone. 

(from “Tell It to Jesus” by Edmund S. Lorenz)

“As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.” – Psalm 55:16

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God is always available to hear me when I call!