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Spiritual Solutions

Originally aired October 4, 2026
MACK WILBERG
Conductor

BRIAN MATHIAS AND ANDREW UNSWORTH
Organists

DERRICK PORTER
The Spoken Word

ON THIS DAY OF JOY AND GLADNESS
Music and Text: Leroy J. Robertson
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg

I SING THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD
Music: English melody
Text: Isaac Watts
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg

IF THE SAVIOR STOOD BESIDE ME
Music and Text: Sally DeFord
Arrangement: Sam Cardon

ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL (ORGAN SOLO)
Music: English folk tune
Arrangement: Brian Mathias

THE KING OF LOVE MY SHEPHERD IS
Music: Irish melody
Text: Henry Baker
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg

HIS VOICE AS THE SOUND
Music: American folk hymn
Text: Joseph Swain
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg

THE SPOKEN WORD
“Spiritual Solutions”

I SURRENDER ALL
Music: Winfield S. Weeden
Text: Judson W. Van DeVenter
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg




SPIRITUAL SOLUTIONS
The Spoken Word
October 4, 2026
By: Derrick Porter


A YOUNG BOY was diagnosed with an illness for which there was no cure. One evening, he quietly said to his mother, “I have an unsolvable problem.” His mother, demonstrating rock-solid faith, replied, “There is no such thing as an unsolvable problem. Is anything too hard for the Lord?” 1

Each of us has felt the worry of an unsolvable problem. But as this young mother testified, with the Lord on our side, there is no such thing.

Now, that doesn’t mean every problem will be resolved as we hope or when we desire. But it does mean that as we turn to the Lord and place our burdens upon Him, we can, in His timing and in His loving way, find peace and answers even to our most vexing challenges.

The Lord has told us that His ways are higher than ours 2 and that as we trust Him, submitting our desires and hopes to His will, He will direct our paths. 3 Choosing to follow the Lord’s path will lead us where we need to go—and through what we need to experience—so that we can grow, learn, and prepare to return home to Him.

Perhaps one key to submitting our will to the Lord’s is to focus our faith first on Him rather than on the outcome. When we overly focus on the outcome we desire, we risk missing the evidence of the Lord’s active power in our lives. But when our focus is centered on Him rather than our own desires, we open ourselves to receive His very best blessings— even when they come differently than we had hoped.

In this way—His way—there truly is no such thing as an unsolvable problem. Every problem ultimately finds its answer in Jesus Christ. Fear? He is the Prince of Peace. 4 Emptiness? He is the Bread of Life and the Living Water. 5 Lost? He is the Way and the Good Shepherd. 6 Injustice, mistakes, even death? He is the Righteous Judge, the Redeemer, the Resurrection and the Life. 7

Indeed, when we turn to the Lord, we find that every problem ultimately has a perfect solution, and it is found in Him.



  1. Personal correspondence with Stephen Evans on July 12, 2026.
  2. See Isaiah 55:8–9.
  3. See Proverbs 3:5–6, King James Version and New International Version.
  4. See Isaiah 9:6.
  5. See John 6:48; 7:37–38.
  6. See John 14:6; 10:11.
  7. See 2 Timothy 4:8; Job 19:25; John 11:25.