Wednesday, December 7, 2016

December 7 - Thought for the day....talking about your troubles

It is good to have close friends, pastors, and/or counselors with whom we can openly and freely share our troubles and difficulties. Some times just having that sounding board helps us process some of what we are walking through.

James, the pastor in the epistles challenges us with a thought about our troubles.

"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray." James 5:13

The word suffering here is often talked about as sickness but the meaning is actually much more than that. It really means any kind of difficulty, mental, emotional, spiritual, or physical trial. In other words if you are facing any kind of duress, "pray".

Once again, it is great to talk wth people you can trust but some just want to talk and talk and never deal with their struggles. They just want the attention. James is saying, it doesn't matter what you are going through, if you really want answers, pray!

But the word for prayer here is more than throw up a few words to God. James word choice means much more than that, he is saying, "bring whatever your trouble is to God but be prepared to do whatever or give up whatever the Holy Spirit is speaking to you, then you will gain your freedom from your troubles.

In other words, if you have a struggle you are facing, talk with God about it, listen to Him, and expect to make changes in your life that He tells you to do, that will answer your need.

God has answers for all of our problems but we miss out on His answers because we throw up a simple prayer and expect Him to magically handle it, what He is expects, if we ask for answer is for us to wait for the answer and do what He tells us to do.

Got troubles? Wait for the answer, then do what He tells you to do. It simply a matter of God not only answering your trouble, but teaching you how to avoid it and overcome it in the future.

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