Life sometimes is quite hard. We may look around and all that we may see is debts, bills, a family member who just got sick and no money to solve our problems.
That is the portrait of so many families, an empty refrigerator, a notice to disconnect your unpaid electricity, an order of ejection from the land lord due to unpaid rental and so forth.
How to deal with so many problems? The hardest part is that when we are in need, hardly we find a friend to give a hand. We may feel so disappointed with ourselves and with life that we may end up suffering with depression and anxiety.
We look around and we simply cannot see where to go. Every way seems to be closed and some people try to forget their problems by consuming drugs or attempting suicide, mistakenly thinking that it will be the only way.
The truth is that when we see ourselves in a labyrinth, sometimes we stop focusing in how to find the way out and instead, we focus in the snow ball of problems and how bigger it is getting day after day.
I’ve noticed that by contemplating our problems it just make us feel more and more depressed and far from reaching the solution. Being negative will not bring any positive results, it means, that we have to find another way to solve a critical situation.The first step and the most important is to have a positive attitude and instead of say “I cannot” we should say: “Yes I can”.
The Bible says:
Matthew 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is
impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
We have to recognize that we cannot overcome our problems without God and once we recognize that we have to confess it to ourselves, by putting negative thoughts and doubts away from our mind.
I know that it isn’t easy to discipline our mind and tongue in order to keep on confessing victories in the middle of a storm of problems. But I’ve seen thousands of people whose life was truly a nightmare and now they live with peace and joy.
Their secret is that they recognized that everything is possible for God, and instead of cursing life they believed that God will open the doors for them.
John 10:9 "I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go
in and out and find pasture.
Perhaps you’ve tried so many ways and it seems you are still very far from the
solution. Why don’t you give a chance for Jesus to show you the right way?
We have to do our part and God will do His part. But one thing we all shall
have in mind: Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of
those who diligently seek Him.
To have faith in God is to believe that He is able to restore our life even when
everything seems to be collapsing down.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.Even if all that we see is a dark cloudy day and a mountain of bills, yet we have to believe that God will make a way and if you believe, you will see your victory.
And the second step to start solving a financial crisis is to set a plan in how to increase the family income and start paying little by little the debts, cutting of unnecessary expenses and stop making new debts.
See also our posting: planning your future and overcoming your problems
May God bless you abundantly
