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[center]YOUR PROBLEM IS TEMPORARY[/center]

For our light affliction (troubles), which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the seen which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:17-18, emphasis added).

This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace to it (Zechariah 4: 6-7).

To every thing there is a season, and time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time of war, and a time of peace (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, 4a, 8b, emphasis added).

According to the last Scriptures above, every thing and every purpose in this world have their season and time. No event in this world lasts for ever. For example, there is a time to be born, and a time to die. There is planting time and harvesting time. There is a time of war and a time of peace. There is a time to weep and there is a time to laugh. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning (Psalm 30:5b).

Whatever affliction or trouble you are going through now is temporary. It has an expiry date. It’s only for a moment. It will not last forever. We are told in the first Scriptures above that we should not look at the things that can be seen – for they are temporary. How true! Consider, for example, a child born today. As the days pass, he will continue to grow as he’s been fed. Before you know it the baby is a year old. As the years pass, he grows from a baby to a toddler, to an adolescent or youth, to an adult, to an aged person, and to the grave. If you by a new car today, in few years time it will become old according to usage. Eventually, you may have to sell it to buy a new one. In the same vein, the bad situation you are facing now is only temporary; it is not permanent. Only spiritual things – i.e. the things that are not seen - are permanent and eternal. For example, God cannot be seen, yet He is so real. Your human spirit cannot be seen, yet it is more real than your physical body. Why? Because at death, your body is buried in the grave and your spirit (your real self) goes either to heaven or hell eternally. Whatever problem or mountain before you now can only become a plain (or be leveled) by the Spirit of God and by the grace of God. How will this be? In your problem, you must not keep your mouth shut. You must cry to God. You must pray with passion to God. Those who learn to call upon God in their trouble will be heard and not be put to shame. For example, a woman called Hannah in the Bible was barren for many years. But a day came when she decided to cry to God. God heard her and gave her a boy named Samuel.
Your case is not different. Call upon God in the time of your trouble and He will hear you and you will change level from a time of weeping to a time of laughter. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved. Will you be saved? Will you be free from trouble? Will you transit into a time of laughter? If yes, pray this prayer aloud? Lord Jesus, come into my heart, wash away my sins. I confess you as my Lord and Savior, in Jesus’ Name, Amen

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