Stress comes and makes its presence known in our lives when our circumstances are out of control. When our needs aren't being met we get anxious. We tend to want to have complete control over things in our lives. We always want to be the driver and never want to ride shotgun. Giving up control means that the outcome is unknown. At least if we have "the wheel" so to speak, then we have only ourselves to blame and we wont have to kick ourselves for putting our trust into someone else.
What this all boils down to, what i'm trying to say is that when I stress out and worry about these things that happen in my life, it's because at some point along the way I lost trust in God. It's like me sitting in the car with God and it seems like we're lost. It's raining, it's dark, you can barely see outside, I tell God to pull over and I say "you sit shotgun I got this bro, I'll get us out of this mess." Then I take back that control and drive around aimlessly getting more and more frustrated to the point where I just want to give up.
What I need to do is rely more on Him. It sounds easier said than done and in ways it is. I mean when I'm going through some rough times, do I really wanna pick up my bible and read? No not all the time. for some that works and for some it doesn't. If it does, read Philippians 4:6-7 and John 14:27 (shameless plug)
Sometimes it's talking and venting out to people who can relate to what I'm going through. Sometimes listening to some praise and worship music helps too. I was told that when you surround yourself with God, what happens is we refocus out attention on Him and more away from ourselves then suddenly the problems that seemed larger than life begin too look smaller in the largeness of Him.
Now not one of us is immune to stress. When problems come our way we're naturally going to feel like we've lost control, but that's okay because we're not supposed to be in control anyway. Ride shotgun, let God sit in the drivers seat and enjoy the ride.
Stay classy
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