TAKE YOUR PROBLEMS
SOLUTIONS TO THE LORD!
What? I thought it
was “take your PROBLEMS to the Lord.” (“Cast
your cares on Him,” you know!) Well, yes, we can cast our cares on Him and
He can bear them all, but what if we take our SOLUTIONS to Him?
My friends who worked with me in Contracting Division of USACE,
Vicksburg District, will remember a Division Chief who would tell the
supervisors under him, “Don’t bring me a problem without a solution.” I was his administrative assistant and when I
first heard him say this, I thought it was a little twisted. He was the boss; he was supposed to have the answers; he should be advising
his section leaders what to do. But he ultimately taught them to be thinkers
and solvers rather than just waiting on someone else to command them. They, in turn, were able to assist their own employees with more wisdom. Yes, he had to approve their actions, and yes, he
would offer advice and stand with them, but it empowered them so much more to have
developed a plan to present to the boss for approval. The supervisors had been
to many of the same seminars he had and they had access to the reference
manuals just as he did, so he taught them to dig into available resources and
get answers for themselves.
Our Father has mercy and grace more than we can comprehend
and is so patient with us as we pour out our hearts to him on a daily basis. But, let’s look at our prayers from a
different angle. What if we bring Him a solution and have the faith that He
will answer according to His will and His definition of “good?” I’ve heard it
many times, “Don’t tell God how big your
problems are; tell your problems how big God is!” We can sometimes make ourselves
even more depressed about our situation as we cry out to God to “fix it.” On the other hand, if we enter His courts
with praise and declare His promises over our situation, we can build ourselves
up in faith.
Prayer is communication with God as He allows us to
participate in the supernatural. It is
not just giving Him a list of requests, seeking answers that will make our
lives better. He has given us a model
prayer, Jesus Christ as our mediator, the Holy Spirit to guide us, and His Word
to give us all the solutions.
Every answer that we need for living a peaceful, joyful,
fulfilled life is contained in the Bible - His very words that have been
brought to us by anointed writers. As we study His Word on a daily basis, we
have a storehouse of resources to pull from in prayer. With faith, hope, and confidence,
we can actually take a solution/answer to our loving God based on His Word and
He is faithful to fulfill His Word (will not return void). And as always, we pray, “Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done…”
Becki Logue
Author, Seasons for A Reason
Jude 1:20, "But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keeping yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."
Isaiah 55:11, "So shall My word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
