Overwhelmed

Well, this is my first week on the new job (well it is actually my third week now, but I am just now posting this blog) as Coordinator of Student Development and Activities at a local Community College. This first week has been a little challenging, but exciting. It seemed to start off slow….then I got my email account, and that changed everything. I began to feel a bit overwhelmed and wondered if I would really be able to do this to the level that my predecessor had done for the last 17 years. My confidence was about to hit the bottom, when I was handed a “stack” of new things to work on. (Those of you who have ever worked for a government institution can relate to the amount of paperwork “stacks” one can go through in a single day)
As I walked back to my office with my newly assigned “stack” of paperwork, I realized for the first time I was feeling overwhelmed. Then I thought of the book of the bible that I am currently reading through in my daily readings: Job. (This, ironically, is spelled the same as job) Job surely felt overwhelmed as his world seemed to fall apart right before his eyes. My minor “stack” of trouble could not even compare to the difficult “stack” of things facing Job. By remembering this difficulty that Job faced and how God never left him or gave up on him, gave me the strength to get through that moment of “overwhelmed”. I also recalled a verse from John 16:33 that states “here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows, but take heart, because I have overcome the world.” (NLT)
As you go through your daily walk, there will be times when you feel overwhelmed. During those times, just remember the One who has overcome your overwhelmed moment….no matter what. We must live in the reality of our position in Him: the One who overcome the world. So, the next time you feel overwhelmed, overcome!
By the way by the end of the day, I had been able to accomplish all that was laid before me in my “stack” of stuff before the end of the day. Mainly because of my attitude shifting from the “overwhelmed” to the “overcome”