“I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage – I have conquered the world.””
John 16:33 NET
There is one misconception I see a lot of Christians struggle with, and that is they wonder why they are continuing to experience trouble, problems, sufferings, etc. I use to think that if I continued to get closer and closer to Jesus, my troubles would slowly fade away. The truth is, the closer we get to Jesus, the more troubles and problems we will experience. Yep, to the non-Christian that probably sounds like a reason not to walk closer to Jesus, but here's the reality...we don't have to get all wrapped up in our troubles with anxiety, anger, resentment, etc because we have Jesus Who is the One Who solves our problems. In fact He is the One Who gives us peace as we go through our struggles. The problem a lot of people experience is that when they encounter problems, they try to solve it themselves instead of going to Jesus Who can solve it for us. By trying to solve the problems ourselves, we create more problems by walking in anger, anxiety, etc. Since we are already told we are going to experience problems in this world, why would we want to add more problems on to the problems we are already promised? We need to make a decision that when we encounter problems, we go to the Problem solver and not try to fix it ourselves.
Take Away: when your next problem rises up (and it will), go right to Jesus. Then choose to walk in peace knowing He is taking care of it, and if He needs you to do something, He will tell you.
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