Created to overcome problems

A Sermon
Delivered on Wednesday Evening, June 25^th 2025, by
Evangelist PAUL ACQUAH,
Live on MZ Radio London, London UK.

God created us to overcome problems. Life is filled with challenges – moments that test our strength, faith, and resolve. But what if I told you that you were not created to be defeated by your problems, but to rise above them? This conviction is rooted in the words of Jesus, who not only acknowledged the reality of trouble in our lives but also promised victory and peace through Him. Jesus assures us that while difficulties are inevitable, we are not left powerless or alone. Instead, we are equipped by God’s design and through His presence to rise above adversity and become overcomers in a world filled with trials. In today’s message titled “Created to overcome problems,” Evangelist Paul Acquah uncovers how, by design, we are all equipped to transform struggles into strengths and adversity into victory. Get ready to rediscover the overcomer within you. Be blessed as you listen!

I want to clarify what we mean by ” overcoming problems or difficulties” because if you’re hearing me and you’re saying, “well, I don’t have any difficulties or I don’t have any problems, so this message is not for me for sure”. No, it’s for you. You may think “well, I have everything in life, I have no problems to overcome, I have what it takes to live without problems, this message is not for me. No, it’s for you.  Jesus warned us ahead of time that in this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.”  So how do you overcome your problems in life? How do you live as an overcomer? That’s what I want to talk about in this message. 

Now listen to what Jesus said in John 16:33, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you ^[f]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” He also said in John 14:27 that: “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”. This is a call to trust in Jesus and not be overcome by fear or anxiety no matter what situation you’re in or what comes against you. Going back to John 16 33 where he says these words I’ve spoken unto you that in me you might have peace.  He’s just reassuring us that you can have peace if you understand that he’s taking care of your future.  you can have peace if you know that he’s taking care of you every day of your life here on planet earth. 

If we begin to really meditate and get a revelation of the fact that we’re never alone, then we can have peace in the midst ofproblems. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ⁶ So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

It doesn’t make any difference what you’re going through. Jesus, by the Holy Spirit is right there going through it with you.  I want you to know he’ll never let you down.  Best example that anyone ever gives when we’re talking about this subject is when Peter was walking on the water.  As long ashis eyes were on Jesus, he was walking on the water but the minute he got his eyes on the circumstances he began to sink but Jesus didn’t let him sink. He reached down and picked him up. This is what Jesus is saying to us that don’t worry about your problems. Don’t worry about every day that you live in this life because you’re not going to do it by yourself, I’m going to be with you and if I’m with you, who can be against you.  

The Bible says it this way: If God be for us then who or what would dare be against us. He says be of good cheer I have overcome the world. God wants us to be an overcomer.  This is why he created us to be overcomers.  He started with Adam and Eve, telling them to have dominion. To be an overcomer means to subdue, to conquer, to prevail, to get the victory.

That’s almost the same as dominion. Jesus said in John 14:16 and 26 that: “ And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another ^[e]Helper, that He may abide with you forever.  But the ^[g]Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you”.

In other words, you can deal with the problems that come because you are not alone and you’re not having to do it in your own power because you have a helper, the Holy Spirit.  

The helper is with you and in you. “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). Here’s the good news— He who is in you is greater than the problem coming against you. Therefore, we can overcome them! That ability comes through knowledge. I want to encourage you to hold onto God’s promises (2 Pet. 1:3–4) with all your heart and keep speaking to them over your life.

God’s word is powerful, and you can use it to change any difficulty or obstacle you face. Jesus demonstrated this throughout his life and ministry on this earth. He stilled the wave. Jesus calmed a violent storm on the Sea of Galilee, demonstrating the power of his words. 

He was sleeping in a boat with his disciples, and a fierce storm arose, causing the boat to be tossed and waves to break over it and threatening to sink the vessel. The disciples were terrified, and in fear for their lives, woke Jesus, who was sleeping in the stern of the boat, and cried out for help.  Jesus commanded the wind and waves to be still.  He rebuked the wind and the sea, saying, “Peace! Be still!”, resulting in an immediate calm.  The wind ceased, and the sea became completely calm.  

The disciples were amazed asking each other who Jesus was, since even the wind and waves obeyed him. This demonstrates the power of God’s word over the natural world. It also highlights the importance of faith in the midst of life’s storms. Then he instructed us in Mark 11: 23 that we could do the same. We can speak to our problems and overcome them.  We have the same authority over the obstacles or problems that Jesus demonstrated here. He said, in Mark 11:23 that, “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says”. Jesus was using the word “mountain” symbolically to refer to an obstacle or problem that might stand in our way. 

Faith-filled words can move mountains. With unwavering belief, even seemingly impossible things can be achieved. If we obey this instruction and begin to speak words in faith that line up with God’s Word, then we will have the positive results that follow.  If you have faith and don’t doubt, you can speak to a problem (represented by the mountain in this text of scripture) and it will be removed. Jesus said we should speak to the mountain, or the problem. It’s a way for overcoming challenges and obstacles in life through faith. Most people speak to God about their problem, but few follow Jesus’ instructions and speak directly to the “mountain.” God has put certain things under our authority, and we must exercise it. When a problem stands in our way, we must speak to the problem and command it to get out of our way in the name of Jesus.