Monday, January 12, 2009, 11:01 PM


Alright!
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT!

After doing devotion, God spoke to me about problems. It isn't any coincidence that the devotion topic is about problems but it is all planned by God.

I'm going to share it to you of how He has helped me.

1. Seek God, write it down and reflect.
When we face problems, prayer is needed and to remember how He blesses us, jot it down on journal so that when the problems are settled, we see the real presence of Him and known that He answers us. Reflect on the areas of growth when we face problem, pray and see the changes in us, provided we jot down our prayers.

2. Not dwelling at the problems
It is not the matter of the cause of the problems or what we will face if we do anything but it is the matter of our faith in trusting God. What makes you think that the problems cannot be solved when the land was conquered by the people of the Israelite? When the flowing water at the Jordan River was stopped by God, with strong faith of Joshua, the priests and the people? Faith matters, not how big is the problem.

3. A spirit of thanksgiving, and sharing.
Sometimes we don't remember our blessings, when we remember it, we will know that how God works in us when we face whatever problems. Have a spirit of thanksgiving to God, sometimes we tend to treat our blessings as nothing but it matters really, when we have this spirit of thanksgiving, we will influence the other people in the group that everything is alright in God's kingdom. And also sharing, don't keep it to ourselves, all blessings are still blessings, don't be selfish.

I prayed after that, you may mistake me of not doing devotion daily but this one is important to share it, publicly. Of all the devotions I have done, this one is one that assured me that problems are just challenges, which produce miracles. It is good to share, at the same point of time I'm using my spiritual gifts. My first one is the gift of mercy, my second is pastoral and my last is teaching. So I do make use of them to share my applications to everyone, surely you are being spoken by God. No doubt, I mean to every Christians out there, of course.