Frustration

I believe every time we feel frustration, it means we've really stopped relying on God. That might sound like a bold statement to you, but think about it: God's given you and me His Holy Spirit and His grace to help us walk through anything that comes our way. Frustration hits when we stop depending on Him and try to make something happen our own way.

Understanding this really helped me. Every time I became frustrated, I reminded myself that what I was really doing was trying to take the place on the Holy Spirit. I was trying to be my own Holy Spirit.

Sometimes I think I struggle with trying to be an independent spirit. When I start to refuse to depend on God, I find myself saying "Okay, God, I appreciate that You're around, but watch me do it this way.: Depending on God for everything is difficult but it's the key to the victory we need every single day of our lives.

When God came and saved us. He didn't just throw us out on the street to fend for ourselves. He's eternally saved us, which means if we depend on Him, He will guide us and help us.

Galations 5:16 urges us to "walk and live habitually in the Holy Spirit...then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh."

I'm choosing to stop living independently and in frustration and am going to reply on the Holy Spirit.

For I know that if it were not for Him, I would be nothing.