WHEN YOU ARE CONFUSED AND FED UP WITH LIFE (PART 1 OF 2)

13th SEPTEMBER 2022

“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair” – 2 Corinthians 4:8

This message has become recurrent due to the rate of suicide in our society.

Remember I once told you the story of a certain young man who told me he was completely fed up with life, and if he is not getting the solution to his problems, might contemplate suicide. The unfortunate aspect of this episode is that the young man saw me as his last hope of getting a measurable solution to his problems. From one pathetic story to the other, the young man told me of his brutal ordeal in life. I listened carefully to him for a while, and thereafter, I responded,’ is that all”?  He could not believe that I appeared insensitive to his plight. Then he gazed at me and said hauntingly, ‘it’s because you have not experienced what I am currently passing through! I have experienced more than that, I retorted, immediately. “But I think you are ungrateful. Despite all you have said, you owe God a continuous sacrifice of thanksgiving”, I concluded.

My encounter with this young man was the first time of meeting someone contemplating suicide. The much I knew of such matters as suicide are narrations from books and movies. However, the major problem of this young man was cash to enable him to fix the various issues of life!

Life is beyond our problems. Therefore, we must always look ahead of each problem. But unfortunately, like I told the young man, I have also had several disappointments and failed aspirations; 80% of the time, I had to do things alone – no help in sight! In fact, I am used to things not working out the way I like! But I learned to let go of each failure and focus on getting it right subsequently.

Everyone does have one problem or the other. There is none without an issue to fix. The difference is our individual abilities and resilience to keep hope alive even in the face of a ravaging situation. It is not unlikely that you are currently facing some issues, and you feel it’s all over! The word of God tells you this morning to have courage, no matter what you are going through. We surely will come out of every condition we find ourselves in. We must not be despaired or discouraged by the problems of life.

PRAYER

Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, take hold of my heart and fill me with your divine spirit of life and love. I shall live, but not die. I commit all my anxiety and confusion to your able hands. Take dominion and preeminence in Jesus name. Amen.

FURTHER READING: Joshua 1:6-8; James 4: 1 – 17; Ecclesiastes 3:1