In relation to God we are always in a position of response. That difficult situation that you are praying about may be the prompter for a difficult conversation God wants to have with you. Rather than respond to the situation with the usual fight-or-flight reactions, respond instead to God. And remember, he is God, you are not. That means that your responsibility is to serve what God wants in that circumstance. Whether it is pleasant or not is irrelevant. The point is whether there is a purpose for you in that circumstance. Rather than blaming others and deploring the circumstances, listen to what God requires of you. What is God saying to you in this situation? Perhaps the situation is pressing on the infected areas in your character. Perhaps it is an occasion to exercise sacrificial love. Perhaps it is an occasion to rediscover what it means to trust God. Before you try to force the situation to change, ask God how he wants to change you. Then ask God how he wants you to respond and what he would have you do. That’s how we should live our lives: in perpetual response to what God is saying and doing. Then, the God who led you into that situation will lead you out the other side. He is the leader, you are the follower. His purpose is therefore the way through that situation and the way out.
Ask God to show you what he is doing in your circumstances.
Read Psalm 23.
