Dear reader,

Do you have any problem whose size is as big as a mountain?

Are you discouraged?

Have you ever failed in any venture in your life?

Now read on...

There was a man who:

Failed in business-1831
Defeated for legislature-1832
Again failed in business-1834
His Sweetheart died-1835
Had nervous breakdown-1836
Defeated in Election-1838
Defeated in congress-1843
Defeated in congress-1846
Defeated in congress-1848
Defeated for senate-1855
Defeated for vice President-1856
Defeated for senate-1858
Elected President of America-1860

That man was Abraham Lincoln.

He was born in a log cabin.

From grinding poverty, he struggled to earn a degree.

At manhood, he failed in business twice.

Was defeated in his bid for elective post on eight occasions, yet he was not discouraged.

He finally won through many failures and travails to become the President of America and one of the greatest world leaders that ever lived.

Many people have great problems and they think that if their problems are great and numerous, it will take a mountain moving efforts to surmount them.

In the fifth chapter of John's Gospel we come across a woman with a great problem.

She made great efforts in trying to solve her problems but great efforts brought no relief to her.

Spending a large amount of money, worrying a lot, fearing, becoming very anxious and running up and down will not solve great problems.

One of the paradoxes of God's economy is that great problems are generally solved through very simple means.

The woman in question had to grapple with the biting pangs of HAEMORRHAGE for twelve good years.

She spent much money, she traversed great distances and consulted the best medical doctors of her day, yet all her efforts proved abotive.

The woman thought that great problems are usually solved in great ways.

She must have felt that the greater the problem, the greater the amount of money she had to spend.

But she later discovered that God in His sovereignty, generally solve greater problems in very simple ways.

This is because all of a sudden, in a twinkling of an eye, her great problem of twelve years vanished away.

And that is exactly how your own problems will vanish.

Do not be discouraged, I want to assure you that you too will overcome and become that star which God has created you to be.