Step 3. Relinquish your frustration to God. The Lord asked, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” Elijah replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with a sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too’ “ (I Kings 19:9-10). Elijah blew off steam to God and poured out his inner feelings. God allowed Elijah to vent his frustrations without condemning or criticizing him. Regardless how bad our circumstances seem, we should never stop communicating with God. Share your heart. You don’t have to be eloquent or creative; just let God know how you feel. Relinquishing your frustration brings a cleansing of all that has been pushed down inside of you and created these negative emotions.
第三,把你的沮喪交托給神。主問:“以利亞啊,你在這里做什么?”以利亞回答說:“我為耶和華萬軍之神大發熱心;因為以色列人背棄了你的約,毀壞了你的壇,用刀殺了你的先知,只剩下我一個人,他們還要尋索我的命。”(列王記上19:9-10)以利亞把他內心的感受一股腦都倒給了神。神也允許以利亞發泄他的沮喪而沒有批評或是定他的罪。不論我們的境況看起來有多么糟糕,敞開你的心。你不必巧舌如簧或者具有創造性,只需要讓神知道你的感受。交出你的沮喪能讓內心的陰暗情緒和垮掉的一切得到清潔和凈化。