Devotional: Stop Fighting Your Circumstances

 “Consider it pure joy… whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”
— James 1:2–3

Message
There comes a point where the exhaustion isn’t just from the circumstance itself — it’s from the constant inner fight against it.

We fight what is.
We struggle with what feels unfair.
We replay the “should haves” and “if onlys.”

And without realising it, we spend more energy wrestling the moment than living in it.

God never promised a life without struggle. But He did promise His presence within it.

Sometimes the invitation isn’t to try harder, fix faster, or pray the situation away. Sometimes the invitation is to soften — to stop pushing against what you cannot currently change and instead ask, “Lord, what are You forming in me here?”

Acceptance is not giving up.
Surrender is not weakness.

It takes courage to stop striving and allow God to work beneath the surface:
Patience growing quietly.
Humility taking root.
A deeper dependence on Him rather than our own strength.

A seed doesn’t fight the soil it's in. It just rests in the darkness and lets the process do its thing until it breaks ground into the light.

You don’t need to like your circumstances.
You don’t need to pretend they don’t hurt.
But you can choose to stop battling them.

God is not in a rush. And He is not absent.

Point to Ponder
What might you be fighting against in a season that God is asking you to walk through with Him instead?

A Simple Prayer
“Lord, I confess how often I resist what feels uncomfortable or unfair. Help me loosen my grip on control and trust You in this season. Give me the grace to stop fighting what I cannot change and the faith to believe You are still working — even here. Amen”