Who Brings Bad Times?

"When my heart is overwhelmed, take me to the rock that is higher than I"  
Psalm 62

I checked out the meaning of the word ‘overwhelm’. I wanted to know what the sentence was really saying. The word means to overpower, to bury beneath a mass of something such as floodwaters or an avalanche, to load or heap with an overpowering or excessive amount of anything.

It seemed to describe me; I was overwhelmed with pain. When I couldn’t take it anymore, I cried out to God one day. I threw a fist at him and said, “I’m too young to be in this situation, don’t leave me alone like this!” Almost immediately, I felt someone sit beside me on the bed I was lying on, in my room. I actually saw a small place in the mattress sink a little bit, only that there was no one actually sitting, at least no one I could see. Then I heard a whisper, the person was stroking my hair as these words were coming at me “Don’t worry, its going to be alright. Don’t worry, I am with you in this, and it will soon be over.”

I discovered later that I was battling with depression. Sometimes the causes are unknown, but for me I knew what led to it – the bulk of it was the unwillingness to let go. I had unpleasant experiences in my young life, and I was unwilling to forgive anyone, including God (I felt God had offended me too!).

God dealt with me later in life about unpleasant emotional events. He said to me one day, “The human soul was not created to carry pain or any negative emotion for that matter. It was created as a guide and a source of inspiration and direction. Whatever anyone does to you, you must deal with it and let it go.”

I realized that what happened to me then was a denouement, a climax of several events, including some that weren’t significant, but they were all still stuck in my memory. When it was over, I realized that the devil, who caused every of those events, decided to use it to torture me. And God wasn't watching me go through pain without doing anything about it; instead, He was holding me together, waiting for me to surrender all to Him.

Are you battling with pain, anger or bitterness? Or are you disillusioned with no one to trust. Hand over the feelings to God and watch Him take you to a place of love and liberty that you've never been . Don't let the devil win, you are a victor and not the victim he wants you to believe. Rise Today!