What You Can Do When Trouble Comes Your Way

-
In this world, troubles, issues, and affairs of life are inevitable. In one's lifetime, no matter the financial status, or believe, problems are part of one's journey through life. Whether Christian or non christian, challenges are a must. But for the Christian, there is hope in the greatest One. The way a Christian faces a challenge is quite different from the unbeliever's. An unbeliever could get frustrated and decide to commit suicide, but a Christian already knows that, taking one's life is a sin, and it would land him in hell fire.

Definitely, as Christians, we can't think suicide talk more doing it, we can't make use of the sinful solution the world may offer, we also cannot just magically make our problems disappear, so what can we do? For a Christian, who of course pleases God, but is in trouble, and is already or almost doubting God's credibility, what should he do to save himself?

"Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises. Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with the oil in the name of the Lord. Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years! Then when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to yield its crops" James 5:13-18 NLT.

And that is it, prayer is the solution which we have over the unbelievers. There are so many encouraging words I could have said right now, but all that the Holy Spirit is saying at the moment is, "PRAY". Talk to God, and your heart will become peaceful. Philipians 4:6-7 says, "Don't worry about anything; instead, PRAY about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He Has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and mind as you live in Christ Jesus" NLT.

God is your Father, be free to talk to Him, be sincere with Him, let Him know exactly how you feel. Though he knows what you need, and what you are going through, still ask Him. If there was no need to talk to God about what we need, Jesus wouldn't have bothered giving us several teachings on asking God for anything. So, stop waiting for the perfect moment to pray, don't procrastinate, do it now! Shalom.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Midlife Crisis and the Bible

-
Image
Midlife crisis, "a loss of self-confidence and feeling of anxiety or disappointment that can occur in early middle age." Generally, midlife crisis occurs between ages 45 - 55. But, I would say midlife crisis can occur at any age. Or how do we explain a frustrated Engineering Graduate who works as an unskilled labour due to unemployment? These days, twentysomethings are not far from midlife crisis. What does the Bible say about midlife crisis? How does one go about a dashed dream at twentysomething? Apart from what you know, what else has the story of Ruth thought you? Ruth 1-4 tells us of the story of a young Moabite lady, Ruth, who lost her husband at a very young age. Ruth, then went with her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to her home in Judah. Thinking about it, Ruth was a young lady facing a midlife crisis. She was a widow without a child. We do not know what hopes and dreams got shattered along with the death of her husband. However, we can say that a lot o...
Read more

Things You Shouldn't Do In Church

-
Last week Thursday, I was in the Bible Study in my fellowship, and while the message was being preached, I rested my head on my thigh (bending forwards to rest my head, with my arms as support on my thigh), you get what I mean right? I wasn't exactly sleeping though, but in that position, I appeared to have somewhat gone far away from the Bible Study. Out of nowhere, the Bible Study secretary called me to answer a question! I couldn't even at that first instance comprehend the question, so, I asked him to repeat himself, and guess what? The congregation busted out laughing. I didn't have much of an issue with that, not until the Bible Study secretary had to compare me with Eutychus right in front of everybody, (Oh My God!!!). That was quite unnecessary if you would ask me, you know, I wasn't even sleeping in the first place. Alright, end of story. One thing I (you) should try as much as possible NOT to do is sleep during a sermon, or Bible study, or rather, appear...
Read more

What You Should Know Before You Start Every Competition

-
COMPETITION, is one thing, as mortal beings, we cannot but do. Thanks to Biology, competition is one of the characteristics of living things, so it's not as though it is a sin. But as a Christian, there are some things you ought to know while you are out there competing with others. 1. The aim of every competition is to win, to come out better than every other counterpart. As a matter of fact, some Christians now compete to oppress the losers so to speak. That is bad actually, and is in no way healthy. When you find yourself in a situation where you have to just compete, your aim should be to win, and not to oppress your counterparts. You should be able to be a team with your competitors at any point in time if need be, and not sworn enemies. It is the devil and his own who oppresses, and you are not one of his, are you? 2. When competing, let's say in a business environment, it should always be at the back of your mind that you are a Christian who lives to serve and to ple...
Read more