Three Places To Turn When Your Heart Shuts Down
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Some things you’ll never get over, but you will get through.
If that thought does not resonate with you on a personal level, you indeed are numbered among the few. Life is tough and the circumstances that threaten to take us under can leave us feeling overwhelmed and unable to process. As God’s daughters we may go through those times of feeling utterly helpless, but we are never hopeless! For God Himself is living within us making it possible to triumphantly get through every unsettling season of life. Here are three realities where I place my trust when troubling circumstances threaten to take me under.
Jesus understands my broken heart.
On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus cried out to The Father. My soul is crushed by sorrow, even to the point of death. (Mark 14:34 NLB) No one understands the depths of human suffering better than God. He never dismisses my pain, but calls me to run to Him when I can’t take it any more. In the total humanity of Jesus as He lived life on this earth, He gets it. Because He is also totally God, He alone can get me through
2. God will guide me through His Spirit.
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you. (John 14:26 CSB)
Stress can fill your mind with confusion. How wonderful knowing that you have a Counselor who will speak to you, guiding you with promptings in your spirit. He will also remind you of previous victories when God saw you through tough times. Recognizing His presence living inside of me, quiets my troubled heart and reminds me of God’s constant companionship and guidance.
God gives me prayer language through His Word.
When my mind becomes distracted and overrun by anxiety, I have discovered the safest and most “accurate” way to pray is to pray scripture. I can always confidently know that when I pray God’s Word back to Him, I am praying in accordance with His Will. Seeking direction for a decision I must make, often prompts me to personalize a prayer based on Psalm 32:8.
Lord, Your Word says that You will instruct me and teach me in the way I should go. You will counsel me with Your loving eye upon me. Thank You Lord, for I rest in this promise.
When those times of emotional gridlock shut you down and you can’t seem to pray or read your Bible, God will run to you! You are His child and He is your rescue!
I will never (under any circumstances) desert you (nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless), nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you (assuredly not)! Hebrews 13:5 AMP
