What is the Best Place to Keep Your Problems?
Let me begin with a brilliant thought from Byron
Pulsifer, a motivational speaker and seminar leader. He says that problems and
challenges will arise no matter who you are or what you’re trying to accomplish
in life. It’s only those who know that there’s a solution and keep digging that
eventually find the answer and conquer the day.
In the journey of life, challenges are so real that
Frank A. Clark, an American lawyer and politician, reasons that “If you can find a path with no
obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” Problems are as certain as day
and night and as sure as the North Star. Problems, indeed, are a sign of life.
Problems can either be opportunities or obstacles; it’s
your attitude and perception that determine whether it takes you up or brings
you down. Ray A. Davis, a writer and speaker, believes that “A challenge only becomes an obstacle
when you bow to it.”
You’re
Born to Overcome All Problems
The difficulties
that come your way aren’t meant to stop you. They’re designed to point the way
to a new route, new possibilities, and new doorways. This may be why Bernice Johnson Reagon, a scholar, song leader and composer,
opines that “Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re
supposed to help you discover who you are.”
Certainly, the coronavirus and post-coronavirus eras are
generating problems that may be there for some time. They are not to make us
bow or buckle. They come so that we use them as stepping stones.
As The tests we face in life's
journey are not to reveal our weaknesses but to help us discover our inner
strengths. We can only know how strong we are when we strive and thrive beyond
the challenges we face.”
Where
Not to Keep Your Challenges
Where you keep your problems determine whether you
overcome them or they overcome you.
You shouldn’t keep your problems in your head; if you do
you’ll be mentally tormented.
You shouldn’t keep them in your heart; if you do you
could have heartbreak.
You shouldn’t keep your challenges in your mouth; if you
do you’ll talk more often about them. This will lead to depression.
It’s also not wise to keep your crises in your house; if
you do you may have a broken home.
Keeping your difficulties only to yourself is also not
the best thing to do; it can mount so much pressure in your life and bring
about untimely death.
Or do you think that it’s safest to keep your challenges
with your neigbours? Some people did and those neighbours certainly gossiped
about them. So don’t.
If your keep them with your relatives, they’ll use them
to mock you.
Ah, some may say that keeping their difficulties with
their friends is the best option. Some individuals did and those friends
betrayed their trust. So, it’s a wild chase, don’t do it.
Do you know that if you decide to ignore your problems, that
you’re only sitting on a time bomb that may explode when you least expect it?
Again, if you carry them on your face, they’ll disfigure
you and make you look unattractive.
Even if you choose to discuss your difficulties with
your colleagues in the office, they may decide to avoid you completely.
What of keeping your problems on the other side of the
bed when you sleep? You can be sure, they may become nightmares.
As a student, if you carry your difficulties to school,
they’ll distract you, divide your attention, and may lead to your poor academic
performance.
What of taking them to a native doctor? He’ll certainly
make them more complicated and far heavier because it’s the only way he can get
some good buck from you.
The worst of them all is if you take your problems to
Satan himself, he will amplify them, overwhelm you with them, and make your
life far more miserable.
The
Best Place to Keep Your Problems
What then is the best place to keep all your problems? It’s
God. He
says in Matthew 11:28-30, “Come to Me,
all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke
upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will
find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Why
God is the Best Place to Take All Your Problems
He is love
personified. Love is the greatest force for doing good in the world.
He is all-wise
God. He knows the best solution for every problem in the world.
He is all-powerful
God. There is nothing in this whole world - no question, no puzzle, and no
challenge - that is difficult for God to handle. He asks in Jeremiah 32:27, “Behold,
I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is
there anything too hard for Me?”
God is also most dependable and most trust-worthy Person
in the world. There are no gossips, leaks, hearsays, scandals, and blackmails with
Him. He wouldn’t expose the secrets you tell Him; neither would He mock you. He
also wouldn’t ask you to bring Him goat or cow for sacrifice before He would
solve your problems.
God is always there for you. He doesn’t store but solve
every problem you keep with Him. So engage His marvelous help always by asking, believing, trusting, and thanking
Him.
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