Sometimes fatigue occurs when we're not living life at a rhythm that reflects what God designed for us. Maybe we've been in a season that is just chaotic; we thought it would last about a week or a month, but it's turned into years to where you can't keep up the pace and you're just exhausted.
Another emotion that you experience when some area of your life isn't working is going to be frustration. You're upset or annoyed, especially because of the inability to change or to achieve something. You find yourself short with people, because frustration or irritability is likely going to surface in how you treat people in different areas of your life. It spreads that way, causing you lash out in surprising ways that even you don't anticipate.
We also experience anxiety when our way of handling situations in life isn’t working. The definition of anxiety is a feeling of worry or unease. Typically, when facing an imminent event or an uncertain outcome that you have no control over, you're aware of a position you're going to be put in that you will be powerless. Think of Moses when God calls him at the burning bush to go to Egypt and to free the slaves. Moses is anxious and overwhelmed. But God reminds Moses of who he is and that it's Moses’s connection to God that's going to empower him.
Our emotions move us in different directions, including directions that aren’t always the most spiritually or emotionally healthy. When we allow ourselves to turn these emotions over to God and use them to cause intentional change in our lives, we form a deeper connection with him.
Reflection/Discussion Questions: Which emotions do you most often experience when things are working your way? How do you handle these emotions?
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