Mom's Blog - He is faithful!!

As I was reading in 1 Samuel chapter 13 the LORD revealed one way I could eliminate a good sized chunk of stress in my life. Saul was waiting on the prophet Samuel. The prophet was to offer a sacrifice before Saul could proceed with his battle plans. Things were looking rather pressing and Samuel was late (by Saul’s schedule). Saul decided he needed to proceed with his plans so he went ahead and did the prophet’s job so he could move on. He forgot to factor God into his schedule and trust the LORD’s directions. Saul faced horrible consequences for concerning himself with someone else’s area of responsibility. That’s where God spoke to me. If we only concern ourselves with the areas that are our responsibility we automatically reduce our stress load considerably.

In the family we wives sometimes try to fix our husband’s problems, neglecting our own. Not only do we take on extra burdens not intended for us but in so doing we neglect our own which causes even more stress.

In the church women often take on roles God specifically states were intended for men. It’s kinda difficult for a woman to be the husband of one wife! It’s also hard to put your foot in your mouth when you are “keeping silent in the church.” We won’t be offending the men when we aren’t “teaching and usurping the authority of the man.”

If your husband or other leader has difficult issues to deal with you can pray and encourage but you don’t have to figure it out for them.

Follow God’s instruction to take care of your own prescribed areas of jurisdiction and in the process eliminate a large portion of your stress.

One balancing factor: “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things. of others.” Philippians 2:4
I believe if our brother has need we should help if we can. We must, however keep scriptures in balance with each other. When we compare the scriptures with each other we can arrive at an accurate picture of what was intended.

We don’t worry over someone else’s responsibilities but we don’t ignore people’s needs either. For instance, I don’t have to help a leader decide who is going to fill some open position in an organization I am a part of, but if my brother is hungry I can feed him or give him a job or teach him a skill, empowering him to feed himself.