The Answer Is a Person—The Person of Jesus

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There is a solution for everything under the sun and the true solution is found in drawing near to God. Scripture assures us, “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8).

Life often brings us to unexpected pauses or moments where we find ourselves asking, “What’s next? What should I do? How will I get through this?” Our natural response is to think, plan, and search for answers within our own understanding. While taking steps is important, how often do we first pause and say, “Let me seek the Lord. He knows the way, and He will lead me in it.”

In moments when we do not know what to do, we are not required to produce answers from our own understanding or strive to solve things through our own wisdom. (Proverbs 3:5-7) Instead, we are invited to wait on the Lord-to seek Him, to listen, to trust that He will reveal the right way.

Jesus is not just One who gives solutions. He is the solution. And when we call upon Him, He has already given us His promise: “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3). What more do we need than this assurance?

At times, His answer may not come as a loud voice or an immediate revelation. Often, it comes as gentle guidance, a leading, a direction, a path unfolding step by step. (Isaiah 30:21)

Scripture is filled with countless examples of people who found themselves without answers, unsure of what to do. Yet, when they turned to God, they received exactly what they needed. When King Jehoshaphat faced an overwhelming battle, he prayed, “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You” (2 Chronicles 20:12), and God gave him victory. When Moses stood before the Red Sea with no way forward, God made a way where there was none (Exodus 14). When Hannah was burdened with deep anguish, she poured out her heart before the Lord, and He answered her (1 Samuel 1).

These moments remind us of a simple yet powerful truth: when human understanding fails, divine direction begins. This truth doesn’t just apply to daily decisions. It’s the very story of humanity. 

The solution to sin

The greatest problem of this world is its fallen nature, humanity separated from God because of sin. From the beginning, this brokenness could not be repaired by human effort. No amount of striving, goodness, or self-made righteousness could restore what was lost.

Under the Law, sacrifices and offerings were continually made as a covering for sin. Yet these were never the final solution. As Scripture says, “It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4). Every sacrifice pointed to a deeper need, revealing both the seriousness of sin and the insufficiency of human attempts to deal with it.

Seeing the helplessness and hopelessness of mankind, heaven responded, not with another temporary measure, but with a perfect and eternal answer. “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son” (Galatians 4:4). Jesus Christ came as the one and only perfect sacrifice. As John declares, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29). At the cross, what was impossible for man became possible through God (Luke 18:27).

The answer to a fallen world did not rise from the earth. It came down from heaven. And His name is Jesus.

Abraham and Sarah 

Consider Abraham and Sarah. They carried the promise of a child for years, yet the fulfillment seemed delayed beyond hope. As time passed and nothing appeared to change, they turned to their own understanding and took matters into their own hands. Through Hagar, Ishmael was born (Genesis 16).

Yet this was only a human attempt to accomplish what God alone could do. Yet in the midst of their failures and delays, Abraham continued to stand before God for the promise, and in due time, “the Lord visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as He had spoken” (Genesis 21:1). When Ishmael mocked Isaac, Sarah discerned the tension between the two and said, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac” (Genesis 21:10). In that moment, the limitation and frailty of human striving were fully exposed.

Isaac was not the product of human planning, but the fulfillment of divine promise.This account reminds us that when we step ahead of God, we may produce something but it will never carry the weight of His promise. How crucial it is, then, to wait upon God rather than strive to produce our own answers.

The man at the Pool of Bethesda 

Consider the man at the pool of Bethesda. He had been suffering from an infirmity for thirty-eight long years (John 5:5). Carrying such a condition for so long is not just physically exhausting. It can be deeply discouraging and hopeless. No doubt, he must have tried many ways to be healed, searching for answers wherever he could find them.

He placed his hope in the pool, where it was believed that an angel would come at a certain time and stir the waters, and whoever stepped in first would be healed (John 5:3–4). For years, he waited and tried but each time, someone else reached before him. His condition, combined with the limitation of relying on his own effort, left him stuck in the same place. Then Jesus stepped into his situation.

What years of effort could not accomplish, one encounter with Jesus fulfilled. The man was fully healed.

The pattern is clear. Human attempts, no matter how persistent, often fall short. But when Jesus steps in, what seemed impossible becomes possible.

This account reminds us of a powerful truth: when we reach places of impossibility, our response should not be to strive harder in our own ways, but to seek God more deeply. Instead of trying to “figure it out” on our own, we are invited to turn to Him. And in His perfect time, He will come through.

When every attempt fails, the answer is not  to quit, but to draw nearer. For in drawing near to Jesus, we do not just find answers-we find the Answer Himself.