Solving Life's Problems

In the first place, WE MUST REALISE THAT NO LIFE IS PROBLEM-FREE.

Everybody has problems to one degree or the other. If you think finding a solution to your present problem will leave you problem-free forever, you will soon realize that it is only an illusion.

The solution to your present problem will likely create another one. If you don’t have a car, you may think the day you get one, all of your problems with transportation will be over. True, some will be solved, but you will definitely get new problems with its maintenance.

If you have been unemployed for a long time, you may be convinced that getting a job will solve all of your problems. But do you realize that there are multiplied thousands of people who go to work on Monday with frowns on their faces. On Friday however, they are the happiest people on earth. They hate their jobs. You see, employed people have problems too.

Unmarried people may think that marriage will solve all their emotional problems. Have we not read novels where the main characters eventually get married and, so to speak, lived happily ever after? That is fantasy. Marriage certainly solves some problems but it comes with new ones.

The employee may further think that all his problems will be over the day he has his own company. God answers his prayer, he gets his own. But soon realizes that he has only signed for a higher grade of problems. Employers have their problems too – payment of salaries, sourcing of business opportunities, making decisions, resolving conflicts, and so on.

The bottom line is this: no one is free from problems. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “No temptation has come your way that is not common to mankind …” Jesus said, “In the world, you will have tribulation. But be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

So I say, DECIDE WHAT YOUR PROBLEM WILL DO TO YOU. Your problem has the potential to leave you a winner or a loser; to leave you happy or to leave you sad. To make you better or bitter, dancing or mourning. It can make you fly or crawl. You can choose to react positively to your problem because your attitude to your problem is more important than the problem itself. That is why Jesus said, “Be of good cheer.”

Attitudes are more important than facts. Our attitudes determine how we view a situation. A negative mental attitude will see the worst side while a positive mental attitude will see the best side.

It is better to have a positive attitude because things are not usually as bad as they seem. We should also remember that every problem has within it, the seed of a miracle. All things are possible to him that believes.

We must learn to give thanks to God in all situations. We may not understand why He allows these problems. But we know that His thoughts concerning us are for good and not for evil, to give us a future and a hope. No matter how bad it is, we should realize, that it could always be worse. Worry is a negative reaction to a problem.

I have never seen a single problem solved by worry. I have only seen problems worsened by worry. God’s word says, “Don’t worry over anything whatever; whenever you pray, tell God every detail of your needs in thankful prayer.” What will this problem do to you? You can make a choice to go over and not under. And God will take you over, in Jesus’ name.

Now, realise that YOUR PROBLEM WILL NOT BE THERE FOREVER. Your problem has a life span. It will soon be over. You won’t be a student forever. You won’t be jobless forever. Business will not be down forever. 2 Corinthians 4:17 in the Living Bible says, “These troubles and sufferings of ours are, after all, quite small and won’t last very long.

Yet this short time of distress will result in God’s richest blessing upon us forever and ever.” The dark night will give way to a new day. The storm will give way to sunshine.

The dry season of your life will give way to the rainy season. As you keep on praying and believing, your academic, financial or marital problems will give way in Jesus name. Amen.

You will succeed!