Problems following you into the new year?

It’s easy to feel handicapped, hindered and even at a disadvantage because of the circumstances and situations of your life. You want a new year, a fresh start but, those tired, old troubles have followed you across the invisible timeline of one year to the next.

Helen Keller, handicapped and blind in an era where there were virtually no resources or accessibility for her situation said this,

“I thank God for my handicaps, for through them I have found myself, my work, and my God.”

It’s a matter of pursuit and perspective. If your end goal is to find what you are missing out on, then you will always strive as one beating the air. But, if you approach the hinderance/handicap as an opportunity for self-discovery, then you may discover far more about yourself than you expected.

But, moreover, the adversity could lead you to a deeper understanding and relationship with Your Creator, God.

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)

Nick Vujicic, born without arms and legs says,

“Life isn’t about having, it’s about being. You could surround yourself with all that money can buy, and you’d still be as miserable as a human can be. I know people with perfect bodies who don’t have half the happiness I’ve found.”

Too many people miss this: Be the best you, you can be. Stop trying to dream up some perfect you. Stop comparing yourself to other humans.

You don’t measure yourself against people, they are flawed and full of imperfections just like you. Rather, compare against perfection, Jesus Christ and you’ll see that all fall short.

Your problems don’t define you. You, as a living, breathing human, get to define your problems. With God’s help these “obstacles” can become opportunities for God to do some amazing work both in you and through you. Moreover, often in-spite of you.

Life, because we live outside the Garden and we are all subjected to the futility of sin, will always be filled with adversity.

Have you considered thanking God for your adversity?

That sounds strange, but it could be the first step in your road to victory.

Handicaps will produce inconvenience and obstacle, but our attitude and actions don’t have to end in frustration, futility or failure.

If God is for us, then who (or what) can be against us?
Romans 8:31

New Year, Old problems

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