4 Questions to Ask Yourself When You Feel Restless but Want to Trust in God

When we feel restless but want to trust God, what questions should we ask ourselves? Like you, the first thing I do when I get home after a long day is drop my bag at the door, kick off my shoes, and change into my comfy clothes. I’m letting go of all the things that have been weighing me down all day because I’m home and ready to relax.

I don’t rest if I’m plotting, manipulating, or planning to get what I want. This is not a break. Resting in God means choosing to let go of self-sufficient ways to reach for more. God wants us to rely completely on Him and His grace and, as a result, have peace.

What I really need in my most restless times, and what I need every day, is to look at my current situation as God sees it. I needed to align my vision with His and now call on Him, now trust Him, now walk with Him, now obey Him.

This may mean that you and I should stop looking for a cure for our restlessness and instead look for the root of it.

But how?

In short, I think it starts with being honest about why we’re restless, naming the things we think we don’t have, and talking to God about those things that aren’t yet in our lives. If we are not honest about what we are really struggling with or what we think is lacking in our lives, we cannot do the work in our hearts or with God.

Worldly advice may suggest that we name what we want to visualize and achieve goals for ourselves, but what I suggest is quite different.

We don’t name the source of our restless desires to get what we think we deserve. Instead, we name the source of our restless desires to see them through the lens of God’s redemptive story, a sort of “gospel lens.” Only through this lens will we find true healing for our dissatisfaction and longing for what is unfulfilled, not yet, or not enough.

Let me suggest a simple criterion for self-evaluation:

What conditions have caused me to feel restless?

What identity or inner value issues am I dealing with behind this feeling of restlessness?

According to God’s word and wisdom, is the healing I need to be found in me or in Him? In my own efforts or in God’s work?

How can I stop feeling restless and start relaxing right where I am?

Here’s an example of an honest confession about my early motherhood restlessness:

God, I’m restless for more than the thankless work of changing diapers, cleaning the house, and sorting out toddler fights every day. I want to be appreciated for what I’m good at, and I don’t feel good in this boring, monotonous job! I have talents that I can’t use, and I don’t think I’ll feel fulfilled until I do.

What conditions have caused my restlessness?

The conditions of life that make me restless are the fatigue and routine of these early years. I feel like I don’t have my own life.

What identity or inner value issues am I dealing with behind this feeling?

I believe that my worth comes from the rights or approval of others.

According to God’s Word and His wisdom, is the healing I need to be found in me or in Him? In my own efforts or in God’s work?

My value and importance comes from what God says about me, not what I do for Him. My identity is in Him, when I am saved by grace through faith. It means that my life is not my own. He created me (as a masterpiece!), and He has a purpose for my life—that I walk in the grace that saved me. My approval never comes from what other people think about me, but from what God says about me.

How can I stop struggling and start relaxing right where I am?

I can look forward to how God will use all the gifts He has given me, but I can trust that the work I am given today is also valuable and purposeful. The value placed on how I use my talents is not dependent on salary or approval, so I can use them even in my current situation as a mother of small children, right where I am.

This little practice of preaching and applying the truth to myself changed my life and got me through the most troubled times. This method revealed the idolatry of my restless thoughts and the worship of my own dreams and desires instead of the God who created me with the talents I wanted to use. But it also helped me process what I missed, and when I put my trust back in Him, I learned to use my talents in ways I hadn’t planned, in identity. Be strong in Christ.

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