Find Strength in God When Stressed – 1 Samuel 30:6 – Weekly Faith and Health Scripture

Posted by Dale Fletcher on December 22, 2008 under Faith and Health, God, Spirituality and Health, Stress, Trust in God, Weekly Faith and Health Scripture Devotional, bible and health | 4 Comments to Read

Are you stressed? Unemployed? Lost half of your retirement savings? Grieving the loss of a loved one? Battling a significant health issue? Perhaps you’re distressed over something else in your life.  The longer one stays stressed, the more likely the body will eventually pay a price.

There was a time when the families of David’s army had been captured and taken away.  The wives of David himself had been taken. Scripture tells us that David and his men wept until they had no strength.  And, all his men were terribly upset with David.  The Bible tells us “David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.”  1 Samuel 30:6 Reading further in this story we find that David prayed to God asking for direction, and God answered his prayers.  David followed God’s guidance and he and his men were able to rescue their families and belongings.  Afterward, David acknowledged that his God protected them as they were in a battle with the enemy forces.

How are you handling your stressful situation?  Are you excluding God in your “battle” or distress? Are you attempting to manage on your own by falling back into an unhealthy habit or an addictive behavior to cope?  Or, are you turning towards God by asking and relying on His help?

God wants us to choose Him as our source of strength when times are tough.  If you’ve relied on Him in a past difficult situation, and He’s carried you through, remember that and call on Him now.  If you’ve never made a choice to turn to Him when you’ve needed strength and guidance, trust in Him now.  One way to receive the strength that He provides is by reading the Bible and being reminded of the character of God and of His truths.  This is the main way God communicates to us today.  He wants each of us to find nuggets of His truth, in the Bible, that speaks to us in our own situation, and then believe and trust that He will carry us through our own “battles.”

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