LOOK UP TO JESUS

“Problems of life are not solved by running away from them but by looking up to God for help.”
W.F. Kumuyi

Have you tried several people and visited several places in search of a permanent solution to your life’s challenges? Are your several encounters with men in search of a way out often results in material, financial and physical losses? Then, it’s time to try God.

Maybe your thinking was that the challenges facing you are as a result of your family background, and you therefore decided to be far away from your family members. Running away doesn’t guarantee freedom from the challenges of life. You’ve got to face your challenges headlong. This time around, be ready to face your challenges by looking up to Jesus and you‘ll be victorious.

What is that challenge in your life? Is it lack, poverty, affliction, failure, sickness, impossible husband, impossible wife, wayward children, stagnation, barrenness, or a marital problem? They are nothing before God.

All it takes to overcome all these challenges is just to look up to God. Looking up to God goes beyond church attendance and saying some words of prayer as led by your Pastors or spiritual leaders. Neither is it about visiting several spiritual and healing homes around the town. It is all about serving God in truth and indeed, with our spirit, body and soul. It means a sincere desire to totally surrender all to God. If you can surrender all to Him, He’ll become your father. If God is your creator and father; He won’t allow you to suffer without intervening on your behalf. If you can’t allow any of your cherished biological children to be thrown into the lion’s den, then never expect God who cares about you more than you care about your cherished children to abandon you to your challenges. Just look up to Him. He’s ready, willing and able to see you through.

How do we look up to Jesus? These are the ways to do so.
• Give your life totally to Him.
• Love what He love and hate what He hates.
• Never forsake the assembly of fellow brethren.
• Never seek help elsewhere or outside God again.
• Ask Him to intervene.
• Believe He’s intervened.
• Expect the requested turnaround.
• Tell others after He’s done it for you.
• Remain faithful to Him thereafter.

God has all the power to do all things. He has all it takes to see you through all the challenges in your life. Look up to Him today and He’ll show up in your life and turn the situation around.

About the Writer

Ajiboro Ayodeji is a Chartered HR practitioner based in Lagos, Nigeria. His areas of interest are Human Resource, Training, and Entrepreneurship Advisory Services. Tel: 2348027807452. Email: hutrenconsulting@gmail.com.

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