{"id":54045,"date":"2021-11-03T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=54045"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T15:49:16","slug":"faith-for-overcoming-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/faith-for-overcoming-obstacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith for Overcoming Obstacles: Believe and Prevail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What obstacles in life have you overcome with the help of faith? Do you believe that the simple act of faith can change one&#8217;s life outcomes? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you think about defeat, you tend to get defeated. Instead, adopt a mindset where you don\u2019t believe in defeat. This mindset requires faith for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-overcome-obstacles\/\">overcoming obstacles<\/a>. As one of the Bible passages holds \u201cI can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me\u201d (Philippians 4:13).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we&#8217;ll explore how the power of faith can help you overcome any obstacle in your way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We Create Our Own Obstalces<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <em>The Power of Positive Thinking<\/em>, Norman Vincent Peal says most of our obstacles are internal in nature. Even when obstacles are physical or external, our attitude toward them dictates our response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peale says that, if you take the mental attitude that an obstacle is impossible to overcome, you won\u2019t get past that obstacle. <strong>But when you firmly believe that the obstacle is removable, you start the process that leads to the obstacle\u2019s eventual defeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We all face difficulties and obstacles. While real, they aren\u2019t as insurmountable as they seem when you keep faith, believe that God has given you the power to lift yourself out of the situation, and affirm that with this power you can do anything.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><em>Purple Cow<\/em>, by marketing guru Seth Godin, offers a tidbit on the dangers of fear.&nbsp;Godin says that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/purple-cow\/chapter-5\">fear creates a logical paradox:<\/a> When things are going badly, we think we can\u2019t afford to take risks. When things are going well, we think we don\u2019t need to take risks.<br><br>In short, fear paralyzes us\u2014we\u2019ll always find a reason not to act. Peale is suggesting that we adopt a mindset where defeat doesn\u2019t exist so that we don\u2019t get paralyzed by that fear.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Faith Provides Staying Power<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Peale,<strong> faith is what keeps you going when things get hard.<\/strong> When facing difficulties, try to remember that\u2014as unique as you may think your situation is\u2014other people have experienced it before you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People have overcome every conceivable situation, so someone has overcome <em>your <\/em>situation, no matter how impossible it may seem. <strong>There\u2019s no difficulty you can\u2019t overcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>In <em>The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck<\/em>, Manson approaches this same issue from a different angle, and bluntly tells us that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-subtle-art-of-not-giving-a-f-ck\/chapter-3\">we\u2019re not special.<\/a> In other words: Your problems aren\u2019t unique. Other people have it worse than you. Whatever you\u2019re going through, it\u2019s not an excuse to give up.<br><br>Manson\u2019s suggestion is to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/accepting-responsibility\/\">take responsibility<\/a> for your own situation, whatever it is. That doesn\u2019t mean taking the <em>blame<\/em>\u2014rather, it means accepting that <strong>you have the ability and the obligation to work through your difficulties and improve your life.&nbsp;<\/strong><br><br>Whereas Peale urges us to have faith in God, Manson\u2019s advice is to have faith in ourselves; to trust that there\u2019s no problem so dire that we can\u2019t overcome it.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Use Faith or Reason Against Obstacles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While Peale suggests that we need faith for overcoming obstacles, other schools of thought claim that logic is a better tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus Aurelius\u2019s <em>Meditations <\/em>is one of the definitive books on Stoicism. In it, Aurelius urges us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/meditations\">examine every situation rationally<\/a>, instead of emotionally. By doing so, Aurelius says, we\u2019ll realize that the only thing that can really impede us is ourselves\u2014no external force can prevent us from doing what we know is right, or force us to do something that we know is wrong. Therefore,<strong> the only reason we haven\u2019t been able to overcome a certain obstacle is that we\u2019ve convinced ourselves that we can\u2019t do it; that the situation is too difficult or too unfair.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In truth, all we have to do for any problem is approach it rationally, determine the solution, and then do what needs to be done. To give a simple example: If you\u2019re about to eat an apple and you find that it\u2019s rotten, you simply throw it away. You immediately recognize that there\u2019s no benefit to complaining about the rotten apple or keeping it in your house; <strong>you just solve the problem and move on.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan Holiday\u2019s book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-obstacle-is-the-way\"><em>The Obstacle is the Way<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>takes this concept a step further, saying that the most successful people are those who can turn apparent obstacles into advantages. For example, in the \u201cRumble in the Jungle\u201d between boxing legends Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, Ali took advantage of his opponent\u2019s immense strength and brutality: He used the <a href=\"https:\/\/blackbeltwiki.com\/rope-a-dope\">rope-a-dope<\/a> to trick Foreman into exhausting himself with ineffective punches, then struck back in a later round to win the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What obstacles in life have you overcome with the help of faith? 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