The Maxwell Leadership Reading PlanНамуна

The Leader and Stress

Have you discovered the difference between problems and facts? Problems are things we can do something about; we can solve problems. Facts are things we can do nothing about; therefore we do well not to worry about them. We apply energy only to those things we can change. We can feel peace and act with poise, because we no longer beat our heads against an unbreakable wall.

Psalm 23 reminds us of what God alone can control and what we can control. It distinguishes between problems and facts. It defines God as...

• our possession (v. 1)
• our provision (v. 1)
• our peace (v. 2)
• our pardon (v. 3)
• our partner (v. 4)
• our preparation (v. 5)
• our praise (v. 5)
• our paradise (v. 6)