Growing In Resilience: A Prayer JourneyНамуна

Energy Drain: Resentment

Ask God to enable you let go of any resentment and to serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people.

A key factor in stress is the resentment we feel when we are required to do something that ‘isn’t our job’, be it washing other people’s coffee mugs, making good their mistakes, or putting in extra effort to cover for ineffective colleagues.

Resentment can also develop when a job that is ‘ours’ takes far more time and effort than originally envisaged. 

Whilst it may be appropriate to challenge these situations, we also have the opportunity to view this work as an act of service offered to the Lord, knowing that Christ sees what may go unnoticed by others.