Achievement

The highest level of achievement in martial arts is the black belt. I don't show it off but I too have a black belt; it's neat for if you put the buckle outward it can reverse and become a brown belt. Anyways, I was reading about martial arts and found that a person who knows this art has the ability to fight back and defend themselves from any position, except for one and that is if they are face down on the ground. When a person becomes powerless it makes them weak, vulnerable and unable to do anything about the situation. That may be true in martial arts but that's not true in the life of a child of God. Read about Joshua in these verses

Joshua 5:13
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

Joshua 5:14
And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Joshua 5:15
And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. Joshua became powerless; Joshua's sword was worthless here and Joshua obeyed the command. Let's read what the Apostle Paul said

2Corintians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
When did Paul say he was strong? When he was weak! God may have allowed something to come into our lives that would bring us to the end of ourselves where all our experience, and our talent, our wisdom, our connections are useless. God doesn't want you to give up in the moment you find yourself helpless. He wants you to give over the controls to Him totally, unconditionally. Is this not what God was doing with his people in the book of Exodus? Remember when they came across the Red Sea and saw their enemy dead floating on the water they were singing and praising God. Then three days later they were complaining and blaming Moses for they were without water and thirsty. Moses prays and God gives them water to drink. After they leave Elim they get hungry

Exodus 16:1
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 16:2
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

Exodus 16:3
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Now they are complaining and blaming Moses for they were without food and once again God provides food for them to eat. At this point they have been delivered from their enemy, been given water to drink and food to eat and not by their ability nor by Moses ability but God and God alone. Here we see a helpless people as God teaches them to have complete trust in Him for they are weak and God wants them to see that; so they may become strong. Don't be afraid to be broken. Often it's the breaking of a man or a woman that is the making of a man or woman. This past Sunday a man asked me to pray that God would break him; I can never remember a person asking me to help them pray that God would break them. Another man told me that God was breaking him and there was much more to break. What were these men saying? They were simply saying I want God to have complete control for I have learned that His way is much better than my way. The problem we have is that we have been conformed to believe that we should be our own man or woman, learn to lead, be strong in your decisions. Never say you're sorry for that's a sign of weakness and on and on… God views things much differently; when you are face down and weak then are you strong. How can that be? For we are weak that is true, but God is never weak He is always strong just trust Him.

Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:6
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Just how helpless are we willing to be? As much as we are willing to trust God! If you are still trying to work it out and fix it yourself, stop doing it your way on your terms and your time limit. When you handle things this way it's your abilities and not God's; that's why nothing is changing. Learn to TRUST the one who loves you and gave Himself for you!