Frustration isn’t failure. It’s proof you’re standing at the edge of growth.

You can do what you like, when you like. Anything you try succeeds. No effort needed. Heaven? Really? Reality check needed. Your life, without restrictions or any form of resistance, would lead to a lazy mess.

In fact, resistance is healthy. Resistance demonstrates we need more strength to lift the weight. Frustration is the negative emotion that is trying to shift the result of our efforts into defeat.

Jesus faced many opportunities to walk away from His Call and ministry. Many times He told His disciples, “O ye of little faith!” and “How long shall I bear with you!” Jesus even voiced His frustration at Peter and called him “a stumbling block.”

If Jesus faced resistance and manifested His frustration you better believe you will. Jesus faced resistance with the Word of God on His lips and a determination of character that took Him to the cross. His frustrations were markers for Him to keep going. He got the person healed, He calmed the storm, He dealt with the misaligned disciple.

We look at Jesus as this peace loving hippy but His actions exposed a different Jesus. He once voiced anger by making a whip and tearing up the temple. He released His frustration with drama!

Our frustration must be turned into action or it will fester inside.

The greatest frustrations you will ever face are emotional and mental conditioning. Whether that conditioning has come from childhood or decisions made throughout your life, your frustration often comes from predetermined strongholds within your soul.

Your soul is made up of mental and emotional connections that develop and fester. This is where you face the greatest wall.

Your soul runs in the background like unseen code—draining your energy or driving your momentum. You need God’s plan — it is the insight that succeeds. His perfect plan is hindered not by Him but by your fears and mental blocks.

Reprogramming your emotional triggers is a daily action. Psalm 1 reveals a simple principle. It instructs us to not walk, stand or sit with evil people. This conditions your behaviour for failure. The same is true that shifts your faith.

Walk daily with your Creator. Stand on His Word. Sit at Jesus’ feet.

When you push through the emotional resistance you make a decision to walk with the godly. You develop yourself by being in God’s presence. You press beyond your feelings.

You are not meant to be comfortable. Your growth never is.

This post was written through the pain and the fear. It was written even though I wanted to give up. I sat down and wrote. I want you to succeed. I want you to push through.

Frustration is the signal. Respond with action.

It’s in your hands. Do the work or give up. One leads to growth, the other to regret.

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Leadership Takeaway

As a leader you will be constantly challenged with frustration. When people are involved it is a signal of untapped potential.

See the spark they carry, redirect their energy so they take your frustration and turn it into fuel.