The reason
many people can’t seem to find peace is because they’ve mistaken the cross they
should carry as a problem they should solve.
Some of our worries
are problems which require solutions, while some are crosses which we must
carry and follow our maker. But right now, many of us are still running around
looking for solutions to perceived problems when actually, all we require is wisdom
and strength to carry the cross.
As we round
up and enter a new year, I want to encourage everyone to start making efforts
at identifying what issues of his/her life require seeking solutions and which
ones require handling with courage in 2018. Even when the problems are well
identified, we shouldn’t complicate things and seek solutions in the wrong
places.
We have equal
rights to God, so let no “spiritualist” feed on your gullibility. Some of them
give you visions and prophesies, you dedicate your resources to the recommended
solutions, then they blame you for lack of faith when their ideas don’t come to
pass, and then you start cursing your luck, especially when you see others
receiving miracles and victories for similar challenges!
Perhaps, for
that man/woman who got his miracle, it was a problem, while for you it is a
cross. Perhaps it is even also a problem for you, but the appointed time for
solution had not come or your own solution is not “spirituality” but common
sense strategies. Think deep for the New Year, identify your solutions,
find yourself some peace of mind and let new ideas be birthed in you.
Accepting to
carry your cross is not the same as accepting defeat; neither should we give up
without a fight. However, God has not promised us life without troubles and we
should remember his thoughts for us are of peace and not of evil to give us an ‘expected’
end (Jeremiah 29: 11).
Many of us pray
for “light at the end of the tunnel”, just like in the case of Joseph, Job,
Sarah, Hannah in the bible. We covet fulfillment of great promises like in
Abraham, David, Solomon, etc. But we hardly feel sorry for Judas Iscariot for
having such a destiny of betraying our savior Jesus Christ. We should sometimes
wonder too why Moses never saw the Promised Land? “His enemies prevailed on him”?
If Judas had
the chance to change his destiny, I’m sure he would choose to be remembered as
a saint. He dined with Jesus, had access to salvation, but Jesus Christ did not
save him from such a shameful ending. Did you say it was written? Yes it was,
just as some of our challenges in life were written too and we must seek the
courage to handle them.
It is either
we manage our challenges or we let them define our existence and how we end our
lives. Bad times don’t last forever, even if they do, there will always be some
few times when every human will find mercy in midst of storms. Let those
periodic victories ignite sincere gratitude and praise to the almighty. Find
yourself some peace in the word of God in John
16: 33 “…In the world ye shall have
tribulations; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world”.
Have a fruitful 2018. Amani juu yenu!
@Tywo Akintoye
http://tywoakintoye.blogspot.com.ng
