Are You Depressed?
Due to caste problems, in 1990 some young people committed suicide. They did it because they thought their situations would worsen.
Young people can become depressed by the communalism in the country where they were born and brought up; the thought that they cannot achieve heights due to the community they come from or the denial of encouragement and help from others. This depression can lead them to suicide.
We should never create a situation where someone curses his birth and parents. At the same time, we don’t want a community that lives on reservations or quotas to succeed; instead we need a generation willing to do any type of work without hesitation.
In a day’s time, a lot of people visit me and many ask me for help. I cannot help all the people who come to me, but unfortunately, saying “no” is not an answer.
Once a 24-year-old man came to visit me with his father; he was jobless. I felt like he was wasting his life by expecting others to help him or waiting for money from a government unemployment scheme.
I advised him to do some job, but he replied with the excuse that, “Nowadays we don’t get jobs, no matter what we study.” His answer reveals his laidback and discouraged nature.
I told him, “Every job has its own dignity: carpentry, hair cutting, stitching; in in any field where you have an aptitude, you can learn.” Again I told him, “I know a man, Paul, who learned carpentry after passing his 10th class. Now he owns a company and makes a lot of money.” After a short time of thought, the man answered, “How can I go for carpentry work?”
I did not show my anger to him, but replied gently, “Dear brother, don’t lead a useless life; find a job, make money and live with integrity.”
How to Succeed Against the Odds
Maybe you were born in a poor family, no government is coming forward to help you and the banks which offer a lot of promises have rejected you. But if you take all these adversities as challenges and work hard, nobody can stop you from prosperity.
Society, communalism and government can cause depression or fear of loss. But you can win over everything and reach the goal.
When society isolates you, believe that you are unique and get a determined attitude. Work hard to attain money, position and fame. Those who tried to suppress you will bow their head with shame in front of your courage and growth.
It is not a problem if somebody tries to discourage you, but when you discourage yourself, you will fall into a pit from which you can never climb up. Never think that you are good for nothing. Pledge to yourself that you will do great things with the help of God and achieve goodness and growth.
Never value a person based on their caste, parents or financial circumstances. It is not like that: the majority of the people who have achieved greater heights in life are from impoverished families.
But they didn’t get trapped in the “lower, higher” thoughts summoned by others and never accepted the isolation and scorn of society. They straightened their backs and fought, worked hard, studied and reached their goals. However much society tried, it could not ignore them.
Society may not have given value to you and me. But God Almighty counts you as valuable.
Our value before God does not change even if we don’t have anything in this world. Are you ready to learn things and work hard to achieve things without getting depressed? God will take care of us with his grace; He will strengthen us every day.
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K.P. Yohannan ( - Present)
Dr. K.P. Yohannan, the Metropolitan Bishop of Believers Church, was born and brought up in Niranam, Kerala. Niranam has immense historical significance in the tradition of Saint Thomas, a disciple of Jesus Christ who planted the first church there in AD 52. K.P. Yohannan dedicated his life to God at a young age to serve the needy and downtrodden. He prayed, “Oh my Lord, let my heart break with the things that break Your heart” and his life was never the same. It’s his belief that one can only demonstrate God’s love by loving people. After over four decades of selfless service, he says, I have no regrets in praying that prayer for I know God has touched millions through what He did in and through me. It is all God’s grace.He spent the early years of his service in North India and traveled to the remote villages sharing the love of Christ and doing charitable works. Through numerous encounters during those years, he was instilled with an increasing passion to bring hope, peace, and comfort to the needy and deprived. His sacrificial commitment, farsightedness and aptitude to perceive helped him to lead a life of unhindered devotion to serve Christ and His church. K.P. Yohannan is also the voice of Athmeeya Yathra, touching millions through his daily radio and TV broadcasts. His 250 books offer practical and spiritual guidance on hundreds of subjects.
Recommends these books by K.P. Yohannan:
Living in the Light of Eternity: Discovering God's Design For Your Life by K.P. Yohannan
The Beauty of Christ through Brokenness by K.P. Yohannan
Crisis in Leadership by K.P. Yohannan
K.P. Yohannan is the founder and president of Gospel for Asia, a mission organization involved in evangelism and church planting in the unreached regions of Asia. Currently Gospel for Asia supports thousands of church planters in the heart of the 10/40 window.
Born in a remote village of South India, K.P. Yohannan's personal journey toward spiritual reality began at the age of eight when he gave his heart to Christ. While he was still a young boy, his mother began fasting each week, praying God would call one of her six sons into full-time gospel ministry. Her prayers were answered in 1966 when 16 year-old K.P., her youngest, volunteered to serve in North India with Operation Mobilization.
From 1974 to 1979 K.P. attended Criswell Bible College in Dallas, Texas, where he earned his B.A. in Biblical Studies. He was also awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Hindustan Bible College in Madras, India. During the time he attended Criswell, he pastored a local church in Dallas. However, he was unable to forget the millions still lost without Christ in his homeland of India, and knew God was calling him to reach his own people. In 1978 K.P. resigned his pastorate and he and his wife, Gisela, organized what is now Gospel for Asia.