April 1 Devotion - When We Feel Frustrated

The Webster Dictionary defines Frustration as: A deep chronic sense or state of insecurity and dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs.

As humans even under ‘normal’ circumstances we sometimes experience a deep sense of frustration that derives from problems or unmet needs beyond our control. With the current abnormal situation of the pandemic Covid-19 virus in the world we feel frustrated about the unknown and the fear associated with it. We feel frustrated about fearing our own death or suffering, the death or suffering of loved ones, missing our lives as we knew them and feeling the frustration of physical distancing and solitude.

So how can we handle these frustrations?

What we need to remember during any period where we are experiencing insecurity and dissatisfaction arising from unresolved problems or unfulfilled needs is: God is in the process of revealing a great lesson to each one of us.

I believe He sometimes allows frustrations to build up so that we will be driven back to Him in prayer. I think His intent may be twofold:

1. He wants us to become stronger, lighter and peaceful once we get on our knees and pray
2. In that mode we can hear His voice better and understand His direction for us.

Under these frustrated times where we don’t even know what to pray for, God has even got that covered through The Holy Spirit for He said:

So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.

Romans 8:26

 وكذلك الروح ايضا يعين ضعفاتنا. لاننا لسنا نعلم ما نصلّي لاجله كما ينبغي ولكن الروح نفسه يشفع فينا بأنّات لا ينطق بها.

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and inseparable love. Lord, I praise You and glorify You. Lord, I need The Holy Spirit Himself to meet my supplication and to plead on my behalf. Jesus, I need You to whisper words of hope and peace to my confused and frustrated heart. Only You God can offer the freedom I need to survive my frustrations. You are the only One who knows how to satisfy perfectly my every need.

Jesus, come to me like You came to Your disciples walking on the water through the storm and help me to sail through the storm Jesus and strengthen me spiritually, emotionally and physically and give me rest for in Your Holy name I pray. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever and ever, Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein