REMOVABLE AND NON-REMOVABLE PROBLEMS

You may cry and cut yourself with a knife to get God’s attention. You may be angry over your situation and choose to be hopeless. No matter what you do, some problems are not removable. You must go through them. There are also times when God chooses to remove the problems even before you experience them fully. The good news is, whichever one God decides to use, He is in control. He will either move with you through, or away from the storms. God will use for good whatever He has allowed to happen to you.

Did Joseph in prison benefit from a non-removable problem? Yes, he did. “But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison” (Genesis 39:21 KJV). Joseph was in prison before God delivered him.

The people of Israel moved toward the Red Sea after leaving Egypt. The Egyptians went after them. God did not allow the Egyptians to attack them. The problem was removed.

Jesus while praying in the garden wanted His Father to take away the cup, but He stopped His request. The problem would be solved through it, not away from it (Matthew 26:39).

When Paul suffered from a thorn in his flesh, he pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away. The Lord responded that His grace is sufficient for him and that His power is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians. 12:7-9). God knew that Paul had received some revelations and the experience of that could make him proud. The focus of the problem, which was not removed, was to humble Paul and get him to fully depend on God.

No matter your situation right now, whether it is removable or non-removable, you should not grumble and think that God has abandoned you. He is with you more than you can imagine. His thoughts of you are precious. You are not outside His control.

Pusonnam Yiri

Theologian- Journalist- Entrepreneur

(Excerpt from the book, THE MEANINGFUL LIFE, by Pusonnam Yiri).