Problem vs. Result

1 Samuel 1:11 “And she made this vow: “O Lord of heaven, if you will look down upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you, and he’ll be yours for his entire lifetime, and his hair shall never be cut.” (LB)

We will kick off with our final thought from yesterday, which is that the issue most times when it comes to solving problems is people do not understand the dynamics of the problem (the equation). 

When the Problem side of the expression is resolved, it always produces the Result (solution). But most times, people are trying to solve the solution (result). It sounds counterintuitive, but that is what most people do. A classic example is the issue of poverty. A lot of people think that poverty is the Problem, but it is not. Poverty is the Result (the solution). So, governments, organizations, philanthropists, and individuals have tried to solve the poverty problem. But they do not understand that poverty is the Result, not the Problem. Poverty is the outcome.

So, let’s break it down. 15 – 4 – 11 = 0. Guess what most people try to do? They prophesy to zero to change. Sometimes, people even change zero to ten. But as soon as the expression runs, it comes back to what? Zero. It is like programming; this is like a function (a method). Before it runs, you can change anything that is on the Result side of the equation. If you like change it to one million. Some people pass beside another person’s car and say, “I receive it”. Be receiving it, be changing the Result to fifteen million. As soon as they start their life and the software begins to run, it comes back to what? It comes back to zero. 

Check people who win lotteries. Their outcome changes immediately to say one million dollars. But the Problem side of the equation has not changed. So, they watch one million become seven hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, fifty thousand… Then they begin to fast and pray. It drops to twenty thousand, ten thousand, one thousand… It is going back to zero. The miracle is God will begin to make you change the important things. If you want ten to be the result of this equation 15 – 4 – 11 = 0. You reduce eleven to one (15 – 4 – 1 = 10). Do not worry about what is on the Result side of the equation. And if you want the Result to be one hundred. What do you do? You change fifteen to one hundred and fifteen (115 – 4 – 11 = 100). What the turning point does is it makes you see where you can make a change in your life that will bring about the drastic result that everybody wants. 

Prayer: Father, this is the turning point of my destiny, please open my eyes to the changes I must make to bring about results that will glorify Your Name, in Jesus Name. Amen!