Psalms 78:41-44: Again and again they tested God’s patience and provoked the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power and how he rescued them from their enemies. They did not remember His miraculous signs in Egypt, His wonders on the plain of Zoan. For He turned their rivers into blood, so no one could drink from the streams.

Life can be overwhelming at times. Given the perplexity of the times in which we now live, that statement has more relevance than ever before. Perhaps you’ve had or are currently facing a perplexing situation. Just this week, I have spoken with two people who are battling this type of issue. They didn’t know how their situations were going to be corrected or when they would end.

Whenever life hands us a problem that seems to be out of our power or control, we can simply turn to the Lord. At first glance that statement might seem like a cliché. Throughout the Word of God, however, we’re instructed to turn to Him when we’re faced with various trials and troubling (hard to understand) problems. When we turn to the Lord in a trying season, it teaches us to rely on His strength. This is a good thing, for the fall of man has caused humans to become self-sufficient and self-reliant. Whenever we’re faced with complex and long-term ordeals, if we’ll seek the Lord for solutions, He will open the realm of possibilities for an answer.

The Lord invites us to bring our cares, burdens, and concerns to Him in prayer so that He can empower us to confront our fears and defeat our enemy (Satan) through faith. As we seek the Lord in faith, we’re also allowing the Lord’s wisdom an opportunity to be released to assist us in our understanding. Until we open ourselves up to godly understanding and allow His wisdom to be released to us, self-sufficiency can cause us to see only one way of “unraveling our ball of yarn.”

If you’re faced with a situation that seems to grow more difficult each day, then drop to your knees and begin to seek God’s wisdom and understanding. He will direct your path out of the fog and confusion.

Ephesians 3:20-21: Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

—submitted by Asa Dockery, US