When you get totally frustrated with your circumstances and succumb to saying, “THAT’S IT, I GIVE UP!”, what do you really mean?

Do you mean you give up trying? Or do you mean you give up believing?

Giving up trying (to fix things in your own strength) is exactly where God wants you.

Giving up believing (that God will fix things) is exactly where the devil wants you.

God wants us to give up trying and give Him our cares.

Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.

1 Peter 5:7 (Amplified)

“Cast "all you care;" personal cares, family cares, cares for the present, and cares for the future, for yourselves, for others, for the church, on God. These are burdensome, and often very sinful, when they arise from unbelief and distrust, when they torture and distract the mind, unfit us for duties, and hinder our delight in the service of God.”  Matthew Henry Commentary

The devil wants us to give up believing that God cares.

…for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.

1 Peter 5:8 (Amplified)

Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Mark 4:15 (NIV)

The devil wants you to give up on God, not trust Him, and not expect Him to do what He said in His Word.

 Don’t ever give up believing! God can be trusted.