Often this feeling comes from deteriorating relationships: rebellious children, straying spouses, or aging parents. Sometimes when sharing a cup of coffee with someone, I hear stories about being overwhelmed with tragic medical maladies. Job related stress also seems to be a struggle for so many.
My feeling overwhelmed arrives on Monday morning and seems to slowly dissipate throughout the week. There is something about the amount of work that accumulates in time for daybreak each and every Monday that allows me to feel overwhelmed.
The question I want to know is, 'How do you handle feeling overwhelmed?'
3000 years ago the people of Israel faced a battle with an opponent that had advanced weaponry. In addition the Philistines boasted their massive warrior-hero, a giant named Goliath. Israel felt totally overwhelmed, outmatched, and at a loss for a proper response.
Into the battle arrives young David, maybe a 16 year old teenager, who arrives delivering cheese. Not the most noble of missions, I admit! But David sees something no one else sees, he sees an opportunity for God to act in the most powerful of ways...
We all know that David ends up defeating Goliath. But the true battle was not between David and Goliath, but between the one person who relied on God when feeling overwhelmed, and everyone else.
Take a minute and read through First Samuel 17 and see for yourself that only God can provide us with the help we need when we are feeling overwhelmed with life...
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