If we bring a situation to God, something will always change. He may change your situation, but he will certainly change the way you relate to your situation. This is the most important change God wants to make because he is more interested in changing people than changing circumstances. In fact, he often permits difficult circumstances to be prolonged in order to build character in his people (Romans 5:3,4). So, for example, if I pray for God to relieve me of a burden, God may answer by giving me the strength to continue to bear that burden. It’s up to him, because he is God and he knows best. Remember, though, that God’s priority is you. We tend to focus on the things around us, that is, the things we want to achieve and the projects we undertake. But to God, you are the main project. It is not what you do but what God wants to do in and through you that matters most. In many psalms, like Psalm 28 which contain expressions of anxiety, we often see a change toward the end of the psalm in which the mood changes from fear and anxiety to confident assurance and joy. This change takes place before any change in the external circumstance that initially caused the fear and anxiety. It is a remarkable feature of many of the psalms. It is testimony to the fact that the first change God wants to make is not a change in our situation but a change in us.
Ask God to show you want he wants to change in you.
Read Psalm 28
