When We Are Overwhelmed

 

...because you are strong,

and the Word of God 

        abides in you,

and you have overcome

                the evil one.

           1 John 2. 14

The distinctive and irrefutable difference

   between overwhelmed and overcome

         is trusting in the Almighty.

Overwhelmed is struggling

   with what is too strong for us.

Overcome is knowing His strong hold

               tightly over us.

God brings a far different outcome.

Lord Jesus...Overcome what 

     overwhelms us. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)

God covers us with His triumphs

  in an unlikely sequence of events.

O LORD,

We don't have any idea what to do

   with this darkness

   or this power against us,

except to pray

      and run to You.

Reveal to us what to do

and how to bring You glory in it.

Turn this situation on its head

   by redeeming what is impossible

into tremendous good.

Translate overwhelmed

             into overcome.