F RUST RATION

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020

We thank God for bringing us into a new month. I started my blog on the 1st of September and I can say I have learnt a lot and I am growing stronger each day. Writing these blogs helps me to know how good God is and the miles He’s willing to go for me. Today’s blog is titled: F  RUST  RATION The word is broken down because you can’t spell frustration without “rust”. Let’s say you leave a metal substance out for so long it rust and then it is not pretty anymore. When anything rusts, it loses its beauty. Let’s pause there for a quick second.  Frustration leads to stress, sadness and anger. When you are frustrated, you automatically become stressed, which leads to sadness, then you end up being angry because everything is not going your way. This is how powerful frustration is. And when all this is happening, the last person on our mind is God, when He should be the first. When God created us, He put some sort of beauty in us. But due to certain circumstances, that beauty ends up in situations or places that leads that beauty to rust. My understanding of rusting is that if I put something in a safe place or box, it won’t rust but if I leave it in a surrounding that has moisture and oxygen, that’s where rusting will occur. The question is “where are we leaving the beauty that’s in us?” I know it wouldn’t be normal if our lives were perfect everyday. Even if we had our dream jobs or dream house or dream husband or dream car, there will still be a time of glitch here and there that could leave us in a frustrated state. Frustration is normal but are you ready to overlook situations that leads to frustration? Imagine being in a very tight top. Let’s say you are a size 10 and you force yourself into a size 4. Well, imagine trying to take it off. You will be frustrated. If you are me, you’ll probably end up crying whilst trying to take it off. We tend to wrap what goes around us into a tight cloth then we put it on. We allow things to get to us easily. We stress over things that doesn’t even need that much energy. Most times it’s not our fault but we just can’t help it. Some words of encouragement this week, “allow God to be your scissors”. Let Him cut you loose from all your frustration. Let Him do what He’s good at doing. Which is, setting you free and giving you peace. 1 Peter 5: 7 says “Give all your worries to God, for he cares about you.” Give all your frustration to Him, for he cares.  ‭ Our system of living is like how delivery works. You buy something and they tell you “expectation day: tomorrow”. Now when tomorrow comes and that order doesn’t arrive, you start getting frustrated because it was meant to come today. We expect God to do everything for us today and He’s saying “My child, there is no need to rush into anything when I’m in control. I’m the God that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you ask or think so let’s take it slow”.  You wanted to get married by 25 but you couldn’t and now you’re 26 and it’s making you frustrated cause “your” plans have changed. You want to finish university by 21 but then something is happening in your life at the moment and now you’re frustrated because that wasn’t “your” plans. You want to drive now but you keep failing your driving test so you are frustrated. God’s thoughts are nothing like our thoughts and His ways are far beyond anything you could imagine (Isaiah 55:8). We think everything will be better when it’s now, and it’ll all make sense but God’s plans for us may not be as such. His plans are bigger and better.  Don’t let your beauty rust. Don’t let frustration rust that dream of yours. Don’t let frustration cover the amazing plans God has for you. Don’t let frustration rust the talents and gifts you have. Yes, you probably thought you could do something but you wasn’t able to do it. Rise up now, ask God that if that was part of the plan He has for you and that He should help you start over again. Our God is a caring God, a God that is willing to take our burdens and exchange it for peace. Let him lead your path. When an object rusts, I don’t expect it to come back to normal but God will bring you back to normal because He can do anything. He will do it for you. This week, when we are frustrated, probably from a simple thing such as missing your bus, look to God and say “Lord, please let me not rust today”.  Prayer:  Heavenly Father, I thank you for this day. God, from today, please help me know that my ways are different from yours. When things don’t go as planned, let me know that you have a better idea in your plans for me. When I’m frustrated, talk to me. Thank you Lord, in Jesus name, Amen.  Testimony: I thank God for this new month and I thank God for adding another year to my mum’s age today. I thank God for all the things He has done for me and my friends and family. I was just thinking this morning I don’t deserve such love but I have it and every time I think of it I get emotional. I am just happy to know that there’s God out there that got me. Have a lovely week.