TRACE, FACE,ERASE AND REPLACE IT

Is there any challenge holding you down? Are there issues in your life that seems unresolved? What are the difficulties you are facing cos of one  issue or the other? Young man, there are times you are lost in your thought of what has become a major set back in your life. You have given your best as per your measurement and nothing seems to move forward. Well, it is not uncommon. Young people faces this phase a lot. You just learn to trace what has caused your challenge. You must by God's Spirit trace the root. If you don't know the source of your problem, how can you face it? If you are fighting the battle with try and error approach, how can you face it? You must learn to trace the root. When you get the root, you can face it squarely. Most youth do not know the source of their problem. They only know the fruit it brings out. The root of your problem must be traced. Only then can you face it. When you know the root, your actions to uproot becomes clear. What to do to get ahead becomes real. Some may be fear,  and some may be intermittent lukewarmness. Some may be lack of courage and some may be laziness. The root of some may be low self esteem. The root of some may prayerlessness and some may be gross indiscipline. Yours may be an attack of the devil cos the devil has the power to cause havoc on your journey. Yes, he may shoot his shots and so you see storms and challenges. The earlier you trace it, the faster you face it. Facing it means you won't be using wrong medicine to cure right sickness. It means you won't be focusing your energy on a wrong path. Imagine going to pray and pray when all you need is diligence. Imagine going so "spiritual" when all you need is to sit up from laziness. Imagine when you need to pray more and seek God, you think its all about your work ethics. You think if you work more, may be breakthrough will come whereas you are under a serious attack from the devil. You must learn to trace the occurrences, face it and then erase the wrong ones. When prayer is needed, prayer more. When working hard and due diligence is essential, don't give in to laziness. Erase and uproot the wrong root. And then learn to replace the wrong ones. Is it wrong attitude, replace it.  Is it laziness, replace it by working hard. Is it a bad habit, trace it and replace it. Is it bad friends, trace them ,face them, cut them off by avoiding their company and replace them with goal getters and godly ones. If there are issues in your life and it persist with no solution, try to calm down. Sit with Spirit of God. He will show you the details of it by tracing it with you, help you to face it. Strengthens you to erase it as he works in you both to will and to do according to God's pleasure. He will then help you replace it with godly and goodly virtues and get you going ahead in life. The people of Jericho had an issue with bad water and unfruitful land. Elisha who just received double portion of Elijah's grace was called to help out. He needed to trace the problem. He traced it to the root. He faced it and got solution in salt. He erased it by going to the source and deliberately poring the salt in it. The sourness was replaced with salt from the sources. When you grab the root and source of your problem by tracing it accurately, you can easily replace it with God's guidance. 

Reference: 2 King 18-22 

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