FIGHTING FRUSTRATION AND IMPATIENCE WITH PRAYER

Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. 
Psalm 37:5 AKJV

Frustration can bring on impatience and send the strong to their knees. 

When we feel frustrated we can mutate into unrecognizable personalities. We can say and do things, in reaction to this intense feeling, that we would never say or do under less pressure.

Frustration is often coupled with impatience. We must recognize that frustration and impatience are side effects of feeling a lack of control over our situation. It is our humanistic need to be in control that triggers this negative emotional rollercoaster.

If this is you…….STOP! Take a deep breath and, if possible, remove yourself from the immediate problem. Find a private place to pray and ask God to show you what to do. 

Whether we are in the middle of a long stressful process or we have to make an immediate decision, God will answer. 

Daniel, in Daniel 2, faced with life and death circumstance, prayed for an answer to King Nebuchadnezzar’s inquiry. It took all night but Daniel received the answer in a vision from God. 
Daniel, in Daniel 4, was summoned to answer another inquiry of the same king and it took an hour before God revealed the answer to him. 

God is faithful to answer. Our answer may take less or more time than Daniel’s did to become clear but it will always be in the right time – the Lord’s time. 

It is a choice, we can hold relentlessly to the chaos in an attempt to bend it to our will or make the decision to pray about our situation or circumstances, and to give it to God. We can choose to believe that He will answer our prayer and that He will work things out in a way that is His will for our life. 

You may think that this all sounds very easy to do or that it would be impossible to do. It is very possible, if you choose to release your circumstances, fear, and doubt to God and you choose to place your faith in God. 

We may have to make the decision to trust in Him every step of the way to our delivery and that is okay – He hears us and the answer will come. 

GOD LOVES YOU !!! 

SCRIPTURES 

Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. 
Psalm 37:5 KJV

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen Hebrews 11:1 KJV

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written , The just shall live by faith. Romans 1:17 KJV

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire , when ye pray , believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Mark 11:24 KJV

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; John 17:20 KJV

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. Proverbs 16:9 KJV

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

(8) Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward .

(9) Then shalt thou call , and the LORD shall answer ; thou shalt cry , and he shall say , Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; Isaiah 58:8-9 KJV

(8) For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

(9) For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV

By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.
Hebrews 13:15 AKJV

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.
Psalm 27:6. AKJV

See Daniel 2 
See Daniel 4