CHALLENGING THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE.

It is interesting to know that human beings are always faced with challenges. These challenges comes in different ways to different people. No grown up human being can actually say that he had never experience any form of challenge. Sometimes, people forsee challenges coming to obstruct what they are doing while in some cases, there is no anticipation but it comes without raising awareness. In this little piece, we will examine the challenges of life and the causes with how to overcome everyday challenges with the word of God. In Nehemiah 4, Nehemiah had a vision of rebuilding a wall. He did not have anything on ground to rebuild the wall. He needed to mobilize people and he also needed to convince and encourage people that the work was feasible and can be completed successfully which was a very hard task. He started by mobilizing people and the work of rebuilding started. Nehemiah 4 vs 1 said that when Sanballat heard that they have started rebuilding the walls, he was angry and started mocking the Jews trying to tell them that they were weak and that they can`t finish the work and even Tobiah, the Amorite said that if they eventually build it, the impact of a small fox on the wall will break the wall. when you look at the scenario, you will discover that it is a replica of what people are experiencing now. Enough people like Nehemiah have a vision on a project, business proposition, ideas etc but on trying to implement it, there will always be an obstruction like Sanballat and Tobiah...a challenger like them that will want to remind you that you don`t have the capability to actualize the project. What I discover about people is that they will always give you reason why you can`t go far, they remind you of the times you would have tried before and failed. This element of challengers will always come to discourage you by using forces like mocking you, working on your emotion and giving you a logical reason why you can`t achieve it. Most challenges faced by people are always influenced by people. Sanballat and Tobiah made use of these forces to discourage them from rebuilding those walls. They knew that Nehemiah and the Jews will hear all that they have said. Nehemiah and the Jews cried unto God saying that some people were seeking their reproach and that the Lord should turn the reproach upon the head of the challengers. When you are in this situation, you will need to call upon God because He is the only one that can give you the strengthened courage to continue the project. But do you know that the challengers don`t give up easily as they will continue their assaults so as to see you crumble. When they saw that the repair was in progress, they planned to fight the work by fighting against Jerusalem so as to hinder them from achieving such success. In today`s world, all these things are still happening big time. Challengers can do anything to see that the work of your hands are destroyed but Nehemiah and the Jews continued in their prayers and they started guarding their work both day and night. The challengers could not come near them because the workers were prepared to fight them and they were liable to complete the repairs of the wall. The attributes of the challengers are... To mock and ridicule people. To intimidate people. To fight people. Conspiracy and alliance. To overcome challenges...(1). One must have the courage to accept challenges. (2). One must be ready to make sacrifice i.e ready to work day and night. (3). One must know who one believes...they knew who they believed. (4). If you don`t act now, another will act. (5). Having faith...Each time you overcome, be ready for another set of challenges. (6). Challenges serves as catalyst to prayers. Note that when there are obstacles, they are opportunities to move forward.