We should magnify the solution rather than magnify the problem. Psalm 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. I am not dismissing the particular situation and I am not saying the problem does not exist in the afflicted person’s life. I am saying that too much energy and focus is given to the attack, oppression or failure. My wife has a saying, “The person is drowning in a glass of water.”
Will it take some strength of character to want to fight through the situation? Absolutely, and more than we sometimes think we are capable of. However, Christ has overcome the world and this same Jesus lives in us who have accepted Him as Lord. John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Accepting our position in Christ, by faith, has given us the ability and mandate to magnify the solution rather than our problems. The shift in our hearts and minds has to be a choice and will of acting out who we are in Christ. The best part of this choice is that God gives us the His grace and power to do it.
Elisha prophesied over the woman that she would have a son the following year and she does according to the word given her. When the boy was older and helping his father in the field, he complains of a headache and is rushed home to his mother where he dies. 2 Kings 4:20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
Now this woman had a real problem; her son of promise had died and yet when asked how things were with her and her son she answered, “It is well.” 2 Kings 4:26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well. Her focus was on the solution and not the problem. What faith and character this took, but her attitude toward Elisha was – bring me solutions! 2 Kings 4:30 And the mother of the child said, As the LORD lives, and as thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
The result is that Elisha with the Spirit of God brings the boy back to life and the woman has her child of promise restored. 2 Kings 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
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Much needed and appreciated today. I plan to share this! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the blog, it was a good read!