Sisters for Yah

     What word describes something we all feel, it seems, these days:  Frustration?  The world is moving at a faster pace and many of us just can’t keep up anymore!  Guess what?  Yahweh feels frustrated sometimes too.  Take a look at Psalm 78:40-42, speaking of ancient Israel which tells us, “Oh how often they rebelled against Him in the desert and grieved His heart in the wilderness.  Again and again they tested Yahweh’s patience and frustrated the Holy One of Israel.  They forgot about His power and how He rescued them from their enemies.”

      If Yahweh knows what frustration feels like, surely He can understand us when we feel it.  Even the author of Ecclesiastes expressed feeling frustration.  “Everything is so weary and tiresome!  No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied.  No matter how much we hear we are not content.”  (Eccl. 1:8)

 

      And also in Eccl. 2:20, “I turned in despair from hard work.  It was not the answer to my search for satisfaction in this life.”

 

      Frustrations often happen when reality fails to meet our expectations.  People sometimes look for happiness in life in all the wrong places.  How many times have you heard such statements, “If only I could do such and such, then I wouldn’t feel so frustrated!”   One way to avoid many frustrations is to let Yahweh be Yahweh.  He satisfies every need there is.  The best relief from struggles is letting Yahweh work things out for us in His own timing.  Our frustrations will melt away once we accept that Yahweh is in control of all things.  Start today to trust Yahweh and seek His will for your life. 

 

      In Joshua 1: 9 we find, “I command you—be strong and courageous!  Do not be afraid or discouraged.  For Yahweh your Elohim is with you wherever you go.”