SOME OF YOUR PROBLEMS ARE “PERFECT GIFTS” FROM GOD

SOME OF YOUR PROBLEMS ARE “PERFECT GIFTS” FROM GOD

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above….” James 1:17

God calls a gift “GOOD AND PERFECT” if it serves the purpose for which “HE GAVE IT”. Whereas we define a gift as good and perfect if it serves the purpose for which “WE RECEIVE IT” so He gave a couple in John 9:1. a boy born blind so that His Glory may be revealed. As far as God is concerned; that baby was a good and perfect gift.

Most times when God sends us a good and perfect gift He wraps it up in a strange wrapper called problem.

Be careful how you BIND AND LOOSE such problems less you end up BLIND AND LOOSE the perfect gift Heaven has brought your way!

MUSTARD SEEDS

“Roses makes perfect gifts in spite of their

THORNS!”

THE PROBLEMS THAT COME YOUR WAY HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR YOU

THE PROBLEMS THAT COME YOUR WAY HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR YOU

“I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quite, yet trouble came” Job 1:20.

Every calamity that befalls a man has been programmed for him. This is one of the hardest truth to swallow! You may argue all want to but the whale was prepared for a Jonah. The lions den for a Daniel; and the cross for our LORD JESUS.

Goliath was never the Israelites problem to solve. David was sent by his father to deliver food to his brothers at the battle front. Unknown to everyone, Heaven was arranging the solution to meet with the problem!

The problem that Heaven has programmed you to solve will locate you. Because you have their solution.

MUSTARD SEED

“Problem run in the direction of their solution”

EVERY COMPLICATED PROBLEM HAS A SIMPLE SOLUTION

EVERY COMPLICATED PROBLEM HAS A SIMPLE SOLUTION

“And Saul armed David with his amour…..” 1 Samuel 17:38

You cannot conquer a Goliath Problem with a Goliath solution! The more complicated the problem, the simpler must be the solution.

In an experiment a locks expert placed twenty one padlocks on a door. Big time locks expert tried to open the door but failed. While they were at it a little boys coin rolled under the door. The boy went straight to the door; turned the handle and opened the door!

Every body was shocked! Then it dawned on the sweating locks expert that the door was never locked! The twenty one padlocks was just a decoy. Heaven will not bring you to a wall of Jericho situation and expert you to roll out bulldozers.

MUSTARD SEED

“Big door are OPENED with SMALL keys!

PROBLEM IS A SIGN OF PROGRESS

PROBLEM IS A SIGN OF PROGRESS

“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them……” Ecclesiastes 5:11

Life, they say is in stages. At every new stages you get to there evolves a new problem. When you didn't have a car you were not bothered with “mechanics and fake spare parts nuisance but now…..

When you don't have a job nobody ever dream t of sending you their kids from the village to train, but now…..

There are fresh challenges tied to every progress you make in life. Those who keep having the same problems have stopped making progress.

MUSTARD SEED

“Challenge are the TAPE RULE of progress!”

PROBLEM IS AN EXAMINATION PAPER

PROBLEM IS AN EXAMINATION PAPER

“Examine me, O LORD, and prove me, try my reins and my heart” Psalm 26:2

Life is an examination hall. The problems you encounter are your question papers. The reason why problems take us by surprised is that most of us have been missing out in taking life notes.

We do not pay attention to the little things that happen around us out of  which our problems will spring out.

God will not allow you to have a problem outside the things you have been exposed to.

Remember that problems, like exam papers, are drawn from those things you have been taught by life.

MUSTARD SEED

“You are a student of life: 

your environment is your TEXT BOOK”

DON'T MAKE MOUNTAINS OUT OF YOUR PROBLEMS

DON'T MAKE MOUNTAINS OUT OF YOUR PROBLEMS

“And there we saw giants…..” Numbers 13:33

The trouble you encounter is not bigger than you! Remember God will not allow any problem that is not in your category to come your way. God is just judge. If you are a feather weight, He will not allow a heavy weight trouble to befall you.

Problems are like little seeds; they only need the manure of fear and negative talk to grow into giant trees! Be careful what you say to your problems: Trouble has ears! Most of our problems started out as little ant hills but we have made them up into mountains by the negative things we say!

MUSTARD SEED

“Don't call your problem BIG if you 

don't want it to start acting that way”

YOUR PROBLEMS ARE TIED TO YOUR DESTINY

YOUR PROBLEMS ARE TIED TO YOUR DESTINY

“Thy servant slew both lion and bear….” Samuel 17:36

The door of destiny has so many padlocks on it. Every problem you successfully pass through provides you with a key to unlock a padlock.

Destiny has no master key. The door of David’s destiny had three padlocks. The lion, the bear, and the Goliath padlocks. God sets up your door of destiny with diverse padlocks and then arrange challenges on the long corridor that leads to it

The things that stop most of us from opening the door of our destiny are not the big keys but the tiny little ones we miss on the corridors of life

MUSTARD SEED

“Problems are just sign posts to our destiny”

PROBLEMS ARE SEASONAL

PROBLEMS ARE SEASONAL

“And when the devil had ended all the temptation. he departed from him for a season” Luke 5:13

Everything in life operates by seasons. Problem is not an all season plant. EVEN TROUBLE GOES ON HOLIDAYS!

Trouble is a tenant. And no tenant stays in one building forever. EVERY PROBLEM HAS AN EXPIRY DATE.

Problem is a visitor. Like all unwanted visitors they may inconvenient you for a while but eventually they will leave.

Problems rarely make repeat visits unless they have been entertained like relatives. When their season is over, command your problem to leave with ALL it came with!

MUSTARD SEED

“Problems respect heavens quit notice!”

THE SOLUTION TO EVERY PROBLEM

IS HIDDEN IN THE PROBLEM ITSELF

“ And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span” 2 Sam 17:4

Every problem tries to take on a Goliath posture. The strength of a problem is in its ability to intimidate. If you ever open up the hard iron shell of a bullet, all you will find inside is SOFT GUN POWDER!

Most problems are just GIANTS on the outside but if you take time to remove the letters “G” and “I” which stand for gross ignorance all you will have left on the inside are “ANT” Tiny ants become giants when they wear the coat of gross ignorance

MUSTARD SEED

“Bullets are IRON on the out side,

POWDER on the inside”.

PROBLEMS UNLOCK YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL!!

“If you faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small” – Proverb 24:10

Nothing showcase our real worth like adversity! You didn’t know you could do three jobs at the same time until you had a huge financial problem to sort out. Our true potential will remain asleep unless rudely woken up by big problems.

Alarm clocks wake up ordinary men

But only trouble can wake up sleeping giants! Trouble is the only key that unlock the door of potential.

MUSTARD SEED

“Trouble is the only alarm clock that wake up sleeping giants.

PROBLEMS APPEAR HARD ON THE OUTSIDE BUT ARE SOFT INSIDE

PROBLEMS APPEAR HARD ON THE OUTSIDE BUT ARE SOFT INSIDE

“And there went out a champion out of the camp of the philistines, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span”. 2 Sam 17:4.

Every problem tries to take on a Goliath posture. The strength of a problem is in its ability to intimidate. If you ever open up the hard iron shell of a bullet, all you will find inside is SOFT GUN POWDER!

Most problems are just GIANTS on the outside but if you take time to remove the letters “G” and “I” which stand for gross ignorance all you will have left on the inside are “ANT” Tiny ants become giants when they wear the coat of gross ignorance

MUSTARD SEED

“Bullets are IRON on the out side,

POWDER on the inside”.

INTRODUCTION VITAL SEEDS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS

INTRODUCTION

VITAL SEEDS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS

It was job who said “man is born unto trouble…” (job 5:7) little wonder newborn babies announce their arrival by crying. And troubles come in a plethora of forms: from quit notices to matrimonial; from financial to heath related crisis; from tolerable ones to life threatening ones.

This book is primarily designed to change our age-long perception of problems and provide us with vital keys to understand their nature. With this knowledge comes an empowerment to triumph over the crisis that assails us.

Make good use of these powerful seeds that the Holy spirit has so lovingly provided. He takes all the credit.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

“…..I will be with him in trouble…..” Psalm 91:15.

Trouble is a wrong address: don’t expect family and friends to trace you there! Problem is a one-room apartment. And GOD is your only CO_TENANT.

There is no trouble that both of you cannot handle. GOD is the only FIRE BRIGADE who will jump into the fire with you without carrying water!

Your boat will not sink: because your GOD speaks the language of the storm!

MUSTARD SEED

“Only GOD can share your BAD DAY cake!

PERSEVERE

PERSEVERE

“…..who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame….”-Hebrews 12:2.

Jesus persevered to the very end. Perseverance is a powerful key that unlocks the door of success. It is the only proof heaven has that you believe in that you are doing.

The road to success can only be traveled by those who persevere.

You wiil have :FLAT TYRES” of painful set backs, but don’t go back. You will run into “HOLD UPS” of irritating delays, but you just have to stick to it. You may have to go round dizzy round abouts and make U-TURNS that turn you off, but keep at it. You may run into “POT HOLES” of disappointments and come across “TOLL GATES” of despair-hang on.

MUSTARD SEED

“The pot will bear all the heat until the soup is

Cooked”

EMBRACE OBSTACLES

EMBRACE OBSTACLES

“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake for when I am weak, then am I strong” -2 corinthians 12:10

If you ever have a perfect plan that has no chance of failing be sure that it will not work.

If you have adream that has no obstacle it has failed already!

Success is the ability to manever your vision safely through the rough road of persecution; through the minefields of frustration and through the mountain of discouragement.

Obstacles provide the needed excitement. The more obstacles you have, the better you will appreciate your success!

Obstacles are just sign posts on the path to victory. Obstacles is the maternity ward of miracles.

MUSTARD SEED

“Don’t try eating a cake that never passed

Through the FIRE

YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKE

YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKE

“I can do all things through Christ which strenghteneth me”- Philippians 4:13

The task may appear daunting; the mission may look impossible, but GOD has given you all the resources you need to accomplish it.

The truth is that most of us are operating well below our divinely installed capacity.

When GOD gives you a task in life, know He has already endowed you with the full capacity to accomplish it.

Any deficiency in fulfilling the assignment points to an under-utilization of the resources He has place within you.

MUSTARD SEED

“When God tells you to fight a goliath, check your

pockets: there must be five stones there!

THERE IS NO RISK FREE ENTERPRISE IN LIFE

THERE IS NO RISK FREE ENTERPRISE IN LIFE

“He hath observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap” Ecclesiastes 11:4

If you remove all the elements of risk from a venture, it will FAIL! it is the presence of risk in the venture that will gear you up to be cautious in your approach; thorough in your planning and focused in your execution. Without the risk element present in every venture, you and I will plunge into it headlong and crash!

It is the risk of failure that puts you on your toes; it is the risk of it not working that puts you on your guard.

Think about it. If there had been no walls surrounding Jericho would there have been any need marching round the city seven times? It is risky to go into any venture that has no risk.

MUSTARD SEED

“to get at the beautiful rose flower, you must

pass through some THORNS!”

BE FOCUSED

BE FOCUSED

“but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her”- Luke 10:42

Settle for one thing! This is probably one of the hardest truths to swallow. You can only genuinely succeed in one thing in life. Every other thing is at best an accessory to that one thing or at worst a distraction.

You cannot be focused until you are single minded about that one thing heaven has empowered you to be.

Many have dissipated their energies trying to succeed at so many different fields.

Find out that one thing that heaven has programmed you for and pour all your resources towards it.

MUSTARD SEED

“only those who have four legs are permitted to

climb two ladders at the same time!!”

CHOOSE THE RIGHT COMPANY

CHOOSE THE RIGHT COMPANY

“Can two walk together except they be agreed? Amos 3:3

You cannot expect to remain an eagle if you keep company with chickens!

The kite that must make friends with the dolphin will never rise above the sea level! The people you move with will either pull you away from your dreams or push you towards your destiny!

Since you cannot walk faster than whoever you are moving with, it stands to reason that where they stop there you will halt!

MUSTARD SEED

“the boiled yam that will retain its white colour must not be found in the same plate with the palm oil!”

FAILURE IS JUST A BUS STOP!

FAILURE IS JUST A BUS STOP!

“for a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again…..” proverbs 24:16

The man who discovered electricity was said to have failed in 99 attempts. At the 100^th trial he successeded. And that one success wiped out all the 99 failures! Failures is an experiment and every experiment produces an experience. I have termed failures as:

F= faulty

A= attempts

I= in

L= life

U= unleashing

R= relevant

E= experience

Failure is just one of the bus stop on your way to destiny! That you fail is not the story, it is when you refused to get up that you become history! Remember that every day the sun goes down in the west but rise up in the east the very next day!

MUSTARD SEED

“Every failure is written in pencil:

success provides the ERASER!