Staying calm under pressure
Pressure, hmmm… I’m for real.
Who stays under pressure? You need to shake things a little bit so they will know you are not a walk over and you too can be worse or you resolve to things that help you create an artificial calmness such as drugs, sex, alcohol etc.
What kind of pressure are we even referring to?
To give this some bit of context, this kind of pressure is the one that hits hard maybe about your job, a loved one, family, your integrity or it could be your relationship with God, pressure from society, peers, government etc.
Pressure is generally something that creates an uncertain environment and atmosphere around you, especially when the facts are not under your control, so you can feel it but not see the beginning and end, nor the source of the problem; in some cases you know the source but may not be able to address it cause of certain limitations of law, age, capacity, seniority, distance or various dynamics. So i guess it looks familiar and we can now relate gat ya!
You may even be under pressure now, who knows! First off, you will never solve any problem by abandoning your brain through the process. The brain is the primary CPU that processes all the information you have and tries to come to a solution, if you can’t solve at that point, it is most likely you don’t know how to, which is fine. The problem which I see is, Do we actually want to solve or we want to act like we are solving by shouting and putting a front. If you want to solve, you will seat and analyze the situation before taking another step. Have you noticed that the problems you sat back to analyze are better solved than those you rushed into.
Another thing that is super important is knowledge, huh! How does it relate?
I will tell you. The more you know stuff, the lesser the pressure. A person of knowledge has a more equipped brain or has a tool in his mind that can at least trigger the solution even if the problem and solution aren’t that clear enough. Back to Staying calm under this so called pressure, okay even if you know everything (Which is impossible), there are times when you are pushed beyond your limits. Question is; how do you stay calm? or maybe I should ask the question this way;
What exactly does worrying achieve? I mean let’s even think about it . You spend time worrying over a threat, something you can’t afford, your level in life, e.t.c instead of actually doing something about it. And sometimes it could even be someone accusing you wrongly. Try not to respond. Talk to God about it. It’s even messier when that one is a child of God. It is God alone that can teach and guide you on how to navigate that situation. Here we go again, the God factor, the truth is there’s a reason why we only know in part and not in full and God knows in full. You can never go wrong and most of the time when you have spoken to God about it wait for the instruction, if you are not clear, Wait!. Even without all these things, my first resolve has always been silence. Why? One is because i am able to think better. Secondly, there’s some strength within that is kindled in you to actually act (Many don’t know that you expend energy when you talk), Thirdly, you can hear from God.
Fourthly, you become easier to approach and to share information with. Violence is necessary in some cases but let that be guided by God and most of the time violence may not be needed because the situation turns around over time. ‘Silence is the real violence’ ; i say this especially for celebrities and people in high places, but it takes a lot to be silent. Don’t just be silent and ignore (although that works some times), be silent and take strategic decisions to become better. Silence and Calmness come from a place of complete trust in God and confidence that He is strongly with you. It becomes really messy when you assume that person knows God. You see! You only know yourself. It would be stupid to think about another person’s relationship and knowledge with God, if they knew better, they should have acted better irregardless of their position in church, life etc. You have a responsibility for your own mind, your own business and your future and I am sure you want results. Believe you are chosen of God. Yes you are, 1 Pet 2:9 says so; even because you honor God, He says “Honor me and I will honor you before me”. These are true words, If you don’t honor him well you may have to begin because it is duty or this is the added advantage of God in our lives.
Remember earlier I mentioned that God knows in full , in other words, He knows the full gist, both the one the devil or other people have planned or are planning or what you caused yourself. So why bother, when you can just talk to God and ask him to help you. There’s nothing to worry about, this world is controlled by the person that loves you the most (You need to believe and know that He loves you more than your parents or anyone who has shown love, i mean he is the source of love, He is love himself).
Therefore, if He is in on the matter, don’t worry, you are winning; and if temporarily it looks like nothing is happening, trust he is working or depending on your trust level keep talking to him (He cannot resist you), if at the end of the day the supposed thing fails, It was out of love ( I said this in times where we are denied an opportunity, just thank God for saving you from a possible future damage).
Bottom line is Trust God, Be confident in his love for you, Be confident about your future and Try not to get distracted by necessary and unnescary pressure, Pass it on to God that’s his work, Don’t be doing his work for him. You may never recover. Whew! What a relief. How does that make you feel. Even now you can talk to God like you would gist a friend about the problem and be on it, till you feel a relief. In another article, We would talk about how to cause a positive lasting change and how you can benefit from these pressures.