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*|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* What has you overwhelmed right now? Is there something that seems too big for you? Stress can feel like an invisible press we're caught in. A weight. Or a trap that is slowly squeezing the life out of us!
I felt it with every miscarriage (Ruth). It reared its ugly head and tightened its clutches when my husband was diagnosed with cancer. I felt it when our son was applying for college. We've all felt the overwhelming pressing and squeezing of life's circumstances.
And it might encourage you, as it did me, to be reminded that even Jesus was overwhelmed. He, too, felt the suffocating and exhausting effects of stress leading to his death on the cross. Shortly before Jesus' arrest and betrayal, he withdrew to a place called the Mount of Olives (Luke 22:39). In a garden called Gethsemane, Jesus was overcome with a crushing stress. |
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The question is not whether we will be overwhelmed, but where we will take that stress and overwhelm. To whom or what will we turn? Luke tells us that as Jesus' anguish increased, so did Jesus' prayer. He prayed "more earnestly." He didn't deny his pain or minimize his anguish, but he drew closer to his Father, who alone is the source of comfort and strength in times of trouble.
Will you do the same today? Be encouraged that Jesus knows our anguish and shows us where to take our stress, even when it feels like too much to handle.
Taken from Trusting God in All the Things: 90 Devotions for Finding Peace in Your Every Day |
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