장애물 극복하기: 역경을 딛고 목적 찾기

### 장애물을 포용하기: 목적과 성장으로 가는 길
* 🌅 "장애물은 여정의 일부이고, 장애물은 스토리의 일부입니다." **장애물은 여러분을 멈추게 하는 것이 아니라 여러분의 목표를 향해 나아가는 데 필수적인 요소**입니다.
* 🙏 잠언 3장 5절에서 강조하는 것처럼 **하나님의 계획을 신뢰**하고, 자신의 이해에 기대지 말고 그분의 인도하심에 복종하도록 격려하세요.
* 🛡 여러분이 직면한 도전은 압도적으로 느껴질 수 있지만, 당장은 이해하지 못할 수도 있는 **더 큰 목적**에 부합합니다.
* 🌧 비가 영원히 내리지 않듯이 현재의 어려움은 **일시적인 것**이며, 앞으로 다가올 미래를 위해 여러분을 강화하기 위한 것입니다.
* 💪 특히 힘든 경험은 여러분을 **더 강한 사람**으로 만들어주고, **소명을 준비**하게 해줍니다.
* 🚀 군대에서의 힘든 시기와 같은 개인적인 고난을 되돌아보며 **고난을 견디면 성장과 지혜로 이어질 수 있다**는 메시지를 강조합니다.
* 💖 "장애물이 클수록 목적이 커진다"는 말은 **시련이 헛된 것이 아니라 더 밝은 미래를 향한 디딤돌**이라는 의미입니다.
* 📞 어려움을 겪는 동안 지원이나 안내가 필요하다면 도움을 요청하고, **다른 사람들과 여정을 공유하는 것**을 잊지 마세요.

장애물은 사람의 여정을 형성하고 더 큰 목적과 성장을 향해 나아갈 수 있도록 안내합니다.

YouTube, what it do man, it's your boy Josh. We back up in this thing with another one. We woke up this morning, it's another beautiful day. All praise to the most high man, let's get it man. I want to talk to you guys about obstacles. Obstacles are part of your journey, obstacles are part of your story. Your story, your path is leading somewhere, and this is a part of the story. They're not blocking you, it's not meant to keep you down forever, but it's meant to lead you somewhere, somewhere that's very important. Maybe somewhere where God has purposed you, where God has a purpose waiting for you to get there, waiting for you to get there. So these obstacles are not meant to keep you down, but they're leading to you. Obstacles are part of the path, they are the path. And to give you some ease at mind and for you to also comprehend this a little bit more, I got a Bible verse for you. We're going to be reading Proverbs 3:5 and it

reads trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. I'm going to read it one more time. Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your path straight. Y'all hear the devil, man? That's how I know I'm doing something right, and that's how you know you're doing something right, is when you see stuff trying to stop you. Y'all see the devil working so man with this season of adversity that you're going through with these losses. Things just can't go right in your life. You're trying to find a reason, trying to find an understanding as to why this is happening to you. I'm here to tell you that it's not possible for you to understand. It's not meant for you to understand. But you are partially right, though. I can understand why you are looking for a

reason because you're like, Why is this happening to me? There's got to be a reason that's why this is happening to me. There is, there is a reason as to why it's happening to you. There is. I don't know, you don't know it, nobody has the ability to tell you why it is you're going through what you're going through, but there is a reason as to why you're going through it. It's not meant for you to understand right now. You need to understand that it's meant for you to endure, not understand. Endure for you to get up every single day and to not know why it's happening or why you're going through it, but just to get through it. Because what else are you going to do? What else are you going to do? Because I'll be damned if you going to let this keep you down. Because this obstacle is not a part of your journey, not a part of your path to keep you down. It's to lead you somewhere.

is to lead you somewhere. Don't quit. Don't give up. Don't try to find an understanding. Just get up, endure, and trust in God that He's leading you somewhere, that He's making your path straight, that He's working in mysterious ways, working behind closed doors on your behalf that you may not know of. You may not know what's being worked right now, but something is being worked right now. And to also help you understand this a little bit more as to why I'm saying this, don't look to the left and to the right and question why they're not doing, going through it, and why it seems like it's just something that you have to endure. Don't do that. Instead, you need to change your perspective. This obstacle, this big Mumbo giant of an obstacle that's been placed in front of you, has been placed in front of you for a reason. Maybe because there is a bigger purpose that you have to become, or you have to become a better version of yourself, a more stronger

version of yourself because of the responsibility and the purpose that's waiting for you. Because right now, your current self, you're not ready to shoulder that responsibility. I know it's a season of rainy days and a season of gloominess and dark clouds, but there's eventually going to be sunshine. It's not going to rain forever. You just need to be able to dance in the rain, to keep going, to not let the rain stop you. Don't look to the left and to the right. Their path, that your homie, that your home girls is going through, it's a path that's leading them elsewhere. Your path is leading to you, somewhere that's specific. God has a plan for each and every single one of us. God has a plan for each and every single one of us, and your path is leading on to something big. That's all I know because typically, people that I see, that I am inspired by, typically have a story where they had to go through something that I

cannot even imagine myself going through, and then you look at who they are. They inspire you because of the version of themselves that they are. You want to know what made them like that. You want to know why you inspire to be like that person or you're inspired by that person that you look up to is because they were on a path of a big obstacle. They've had to go through some stuff, bro. You're going through something right now, and if you're going through a big storm, that means you got a big purpose. You got a big responsibility. You have a huge calling that's waiting on you that, like I said, you are not currently ready to shoulder. You should be excited about what's to come. This video reminds me of a time where I had to go through one of the hardest things that I've ever had to go through in life, the time where I was depressed for a year and a half, depressed, bro. And what's funny is that before I had gone through that, I really didn't even

believe in mental health or anything like that when people were saying, Oh, mental health is number key. Oh, you're in a depression. I would just look at it and be like, Man, I don't understand it. I couldn't relate to it. I couldn't understand, and so I didn't put much heed into it. I didn't really understand how somebody can be depressed, especially when their life looks so good on the outside. They're blessed. Why are you depressed? Looking back, hindsight 2020, I understand the importance of mental health, and I also understand the importance and the significance of going through obstacles. I'm talking to somebody that may be going through a rough time in life, that may be going through a rough patch, a season of depression, going through adversity. I'm here to tell you that this is not meant to keep you where you are. There is something on the other end that is waiting for you that you currently don't have the experience to step into that yet. Like I keep saying

hindsight 2020, but I went through a season of depression. For those who don't know, I'm in the Army. I'm an Army officer, and in 2019, I commissioned and began my career at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Back in 2019, in the fall of 2019, I was stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. I'm not going to name the unit, but it was a very good chill unit. It was at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and it was not within the main organization of Fort Campbell. If you know, if you're in the Army and you know what I'm talking about, it wasn't the main organization when you think of Fort Campbell. It was a tenant unit, a unit that wasn't in the main organization but just so happened to be at Fort Campbell. I was in one of those units, a chill unit, nice unit, LZ fear unit, a unit where expectations weren't high, a unit where you can chill, relax, get back some time, take a knee, you know what I'm saying? That's the type of unit.

I was in, and this is my very first unit that I'm in. All the people that are in this unit with me are telling me, This ain't the real army, this is too chill, you know what I mean? You need to enjoy it while you're last. And they're telling me this, and then I'm also seeing what all my peers that I went to college with, I'm seeing them at their units, and they being exposed to this and being able to go do that and being able to endure this and go, like, just do all the things that I thought I was going to be doing, but instead, we chilling at my unit, we relaxing, you know what I mean? And me, as a very eager person, as somebody who was ready to get after it, very motivated, this is my first unit, I'm trying to do this, do that, all the things I was waiting to see. Like, I get to this unit, and it doesn't happen, and I'm like, Huh, I wish I was in the other unit. The other unit gets to do this, they get to

do that we don't get to do none of this, you know what I'm saying. So, I got there in Fall of 2019, and then by summer of 2021, I volunteered to go over to the main organization. If you're in the Army and you know the main organization of Fort Campbell, it was in the main organization. I'm not going to say which Brigade or anything I was in, but I was in there, and brother, I instantly regretted what I had signed myself up for. I instantly regretted it. The people that was at the unit who didn't have a choice of being at that unit, they can't. They said, Oh, who are you? Oh, I'm Josh Hope. And they said, How'd you get here? Oh, I volunteered. So, you mean to tell me you came from there, and you came here, and nobody made you come here, but you just asked to come here? And I said, Yeah. And they said, Hope, I don't know what you was on, man, but I can't believe nobody tried to stop

you and I was kind of like what what what I I don't understand. I'm ready to go within 90 days of being in this unit. I instantly regretted it, and within the first 90 days, I was looking for a way out. I was looking for a way out. I had to go. I could not. I was like, Oh yeah, uh-uh. I didn't know this was waiting for me. I thought I was going to be doing this and doing that, and y'all got me depressed. I was learning what not to do from my leader, the person who was in charge of me. I wasn't learning and getting better and developing into this person who I thought I was going to be. I was learning what not to do, what I was not going to make my soldiers and my officers that were under me when I was in that POS. If when I got to that position, I was like, I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that. And everybody that was in the unit with me was on the same page. They

said bro this is for the birds man. I remember I was I was 23 summer of 2021 and I turned 24 that fall. And the day before my birthday I remember that something had went down. I'm going just go ahead and tell the story. We had a soldier the day before my birthday on September 15th 2021 un alive himself ended himself. And to give you guys some information about my job I am within the echelon or within a section that is in charge of accountability for of Personnel in the military. We have to make sure that every person is where they're supposed to be in the military. If you are not where you're supposed to be AKA awal also known as absent without leave. I know some of y'all didn't know what awal meant but it's an actually an acronym that stands for absent without leave. Um yeah if somebody was not where they were supposed to be they they were AAL and bad things happen. And I do this for about 700 people a 700

man organization or 700-person organization, and it's not me going and checking all 700 people to make sure they're there. I have about seven leaders that are over this 100, this 100, and they come and report to me, and they say, Hey, they say, uh, uh, yeah, we got all our people, or No, I'm missing somebody, or That whatever case may be. So, on September 15th, 2021, the day before my birthday, somebody had told me, Hey, this person is there. When they told me that, the commander who I worked with or worked for, um, when the accident happened, actually across the street in the parking lot at work, he immediately came directly to me and blamed me because we didn't have positive accountability of this Soldier, and this Soldier unived himself while we inaccurately reported him. They said he was on leave, but in all actuality, he was supposed to be at work. But I'm looking at myself, and some people are probably watching, it's like, Well, Josh, how could you have known? What about

the person that I told you that they knew where they were and that they knew everything. Um, I don't know. Um, I'm pretty sure that person had gotten chewed out or anything like that, but I didn't see it. I don't think he would have had any sort of repercussions or any sort of blame was headed his way. There should have been no blame for the situation that happened, but it seemed like this guy, this Commander, had put the blame on me for this Soldier unaliving himself because I didn't catch the error when the so-and-so reported to me that they knew where they were and that they had positive accountability and control over this said soldier. Like I said, 700 of them. No, I don't see all 700 of them. There are some over here, some over there, some over here, some over there. I just trust the people that are working with them over in these locations, have seen them, have had, and you know what I mean. The person did not report to me the right information, and so happened this was

also the day that this person unived himself in the parking lot across the street at work the day before my birthday mind you I got plans right for the the following day and for the night and everything like that I was blamed and I was an easy person to blame I guess because of my who I was I guess and the thing that was told to me was man I knew I should have made you do this policy because that night we had to in place a policy that soldiers that do this something that to to help us accurately account for people so where we're never in a situation where we don't know where soldiers are before that had happened the guy had told me I should I know I knew I should have told you to in place or draft up this policy memorandum or this policy for me to sign and bless off on because it came in my head and because I didn't because I didn't what instead I'm going to do is I'm going to make you draft up this policy.

now at 6 o'clock at night, right, right after it happens, and what you're going to do is you're going to draft it, and you're going to come over here and let me see it, and then we're going to go off on it, this person. So, I draft up the memo saying, Hey, this is the policy so we can accurately account for all soldiers. I go and show it to him at 7:00. He says, Nope, this is wrong, this is wrong, that's wrong, go do it again, make this correction, make this correction, make this correction. I said, Okay, got you. Go back in there, 15 minutes, get on my computer, make the corrections, bring it into him again. He goes, N see, now that one's wrong, that's wrong, that's wrong, and kicks me back and makes me. I do. I repeat this process starting from 7:00 all the way until midnight, and I knew that I was in some deep mess when this happened. It was midnight, and my

girlfriend at the time called me, said, Happy birthday, it's the 16th, happy birthday. She said, Where are you? You're not excited. Why do you sound so dull? Why you? It's your birthday, happy birthday. B, I'm still at work. Why are you still at work? I tell her what I just told y'all, and so I realized that this person didn't care about me, that they didn't have my best interest at heart, that they could care less about me and my things that went on when they told me, Hey, I should have, as your commander, as your boss, I, I, it came in my head to tell you to put this in place, and because I didn't, we're, we're going to make sure that we're going to take care of it tonight, so let's do it, and you're going to do it. And I felt like I was to blame for this Soldier, for this service member going and doing what they did to themselves. It, it was, it was completely them blaming me for it, it happening to

me and so from that moment on, there was just the one significant story that I look back on that I can think of. But if that's some things that I had to endure, those are some of the things that I had to endure for the next year and a half, where I'm not being able to go home when I want to. And to give you guys a little bit of backstory, the military is very serious. It's not something like, Oh, I would have quit then and I would have just walked out. Well, the day that you defy orders, or the day that you stop coming to work, and the day that you go absent without leave, also known as AWOL, that's the day that you get arrested. If I wanted to separate from the military as an army officer, that is not under contract obligation, but I am in indefinitely, basically in until I decide I don't want to do it anymore. I don't have to. It's not a two weeks' notice; it's a one-e notice.

military is very serious. It's very structured and has very strict policies. You are bound by law. So, as a 24-year-old going through this, I felt like I had no control over my life because it was something like that every single week, constantly somebody on my calling my phone, Hey, I need this. I need that done. I said, Okay, I got you. But 10 other people just asked for something. I need this right now. Why you ain't did it? People always calling me, asking for something. Every time my phone would ring, it would be someone asking something for me, not to give me something or to uplift me, but to ask me for something. I'm going home, I'm sitting here off work, watching TV, and I can't even enjoy my free time or relax or enjoy the show that I'm watching because I'm thinking about work. I'm thinking about what's to come tomorrow, who's going to be draining me, and things of that nature. I felt like I had no control over my life, and so

I could not understand why I was going through what I was going through, but now since I've gone um, now since I'm past that situation, I know why I was going through that situation. I know why I was going through that season, and it felt like that season was going to be endless. I felt like I was, that was when I was going through it. I felt like each day was a month, and each week was a year, and I felt like I was just trapped in a cycle of just being drained, having 300 messages on my phone, having 20 missed calls on my phone, understanding that if I respond to a text message, that if I call somebody back, it was going to be somebody sucking the energy out of me, somebody from that unit, and it was all because of that Commander, that leader, and the environment, and the environment he made to the point to where everybody was just trying to make sure that they were good and everything, and oh Josh, you need to do this, Josh, you need to do

that being completely drained, so I understand if you're in a season of depression. I kind of understand how you feel when you feel like you don't have control over your life, you have no control over how you're feeling, and all you want to do is step out of it and step into a better version, step into a realm where you're not being drained all the time, but where you can be at peace. If I didn't go through that version, I wouldn't have become who I am today. I wouldn't have been able to provide the wisdom that I'm providing now on YouTube, this community, this channel. Thank you for everybody that's recently subscribed. I appreciate you. I'm glad that I'm helping other people get through their day, get through their seasons of depression, or their seasons of adversity. I wouldn't have been able to help and to step into this calling or to step into the peace, into this version of who

I am if I had not gone through that. Here I am, outside of that situation, glowing, feeling great, learning, so learned so much from that year and a half situation. Even though it was beating me down, draining me day after day after day, to the point to where there were some days I was crying going into work. I was crying going into work because there was nothing I could do. I was trapped by law to go to a place that I did not want to go into. So, I say that as somebody who is an example that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. You're not going through that for what you're going. You're not going through that because God hates you, and God loves you, and he's has you going through that for a reason. I did not understand why I was going through that. I could not understand. Looking back now, I completely understand. Looking back now, I'm grateful that I went through that situation. I was saying in the situation, I was like, Bro, I don't care as soon as I leave from this.

place. I don't know why I'm going through this, but I'm looking back, and I'm thankful for that situation. I'm grateful for that situation, and you will too. Like I said, the bigger the obstacle, the bigger the purpose. The bigger the storm, the bigger the purpose. And so, that's all I got for y'all boys, man. If you guys want to talk to me one-on-one consultation, you guys can do so. Link down below in the description. If you guys need a 12-week training program to help you get in shape, link down below in the description. If you guys want to reach out to me, say what's up, or anything like that with any questions, you guys can do so. Hit me up on Instagram, send me a DM. Link is down below in the description, man. Before you guys go, make sure you like, comment, subscribe, share the video. I'ma holla at y'all boys.

Obstacles don't block the path, they are the path.

Josh Holt

장애물은 여정의 자연스러운 일부이며 목적지로 인도하기 위한 것입니다.

주님을 신뢰하고 그분께 복종하면 여러분의 길을 바로잡는 데 도움이 될 수 있습니다.

도전은 여러분을 좌절시키기 위한 것이 아니라 더 큰 곳으로 인도하기 위한 것이므로 인내심을 가지고 견뎌내는 것이 중요합니다.

신앙으로 인생의 도전을 견뎌내기

인생의 장애물에는 이유가 있으며, 종종 우리를 더 강한 사람으로 만들기 위해 배치됩니다.

하나님의 계획을 신뢰하고 우리의 여정을 다른 사람과 비교하지 않는 것이 중요합니다.

힘든 시기를 견디는 것은 더 큰 목적과 책임감으로 이어질 수 있으며, 우리에게 영감을 주는 사람들은 종종 비슷한 역경 극복의 이야기를 가지고 있습니다.

연사는 처음에는 외형적으로는 성공적인 삶을 살았지만 정신 건강 문제, 특히 우울증을 이해하는 데 어려움을 겪었습니다.

또래에 비해 성취감을 느끼지 못하고 '냉정한' 육군 부대에서 우울증에 시달렸던 자신의 경험을 회상합니다.

연사는 힘든 시기를 겪었다고 해서 좌절할 필요는 없으며 더 나은 미래가 기다리고 있다고 강조합니다.

연사는 2019년에 포트 캠벨에 입대하여 2021년 여름까지 본부에 자원한 것을 후회했습니다.

90일 만에 부정적인 환경과 열악한 리더십으로 인해 필사적으로 떠나고 싶었습니다.

연사의 생일 전날 한 병사가 자살하는 비극적인 사건이 발생하면서 700명의 병사를 책임지는 역할에 대한 압박감이 더욱 커졌습니다.

대규모 조직에서 리더십과 책임감이 미치는 영향

연설자는 7명의 리더에게 700명의 행방을 보고하며 책임 소재를 명확히 하기 위해 노력합니다.

한 병사가 사망하는 비극적인 사건이 발생하고 화자는 부정확한 보고로 인해 비난을 받게 됩니다.

사령관은 더 나은 책임성을 보장하기 위한 정책을 시행하지 않은 것에 대해 유감을 표명하고, 결국 정책 초안을 작성하는 임무를 발표자에게 맡깁니다.

화자는 정책 메모를 작성하라는 지휘관의 강한 압박에 시달리며 오후 7시부터 자정까지 계속 수정해야 하는 답답한 상황에 직면합니다.

생일날, 화자는 상사가 자신의 복지에 관심이 없다는 것을 깨닫고 군인의 행동에 대한 비난을 느낍니다.

군의 엄격한 규칙으로 인해 퇴소가 어려워진 화자는 앞으로 1년 반 동안 자신의 역할에 갇힌 느낌을 받습니다.

군대 생활은 매우 체계적이고 까다롭기 때문에 개인이 통제할 수 있는 여지가 거의 없습니다.

다른 사람들의 끊임없는 요청과 책임감은 무력감과 우울감으로 이어지는 피곤한 사이클을 만듭니다.

화자는 이 힘든 시기를 되돌아보며 현재의 자신을 형성하고 비슷한 어려움을 겪고 있는 다른 사람들에게 지혜를 제공하는 데 있어 군 생활의 역할을 인정합니다.

연사는 감정적으로 힘들었던 1년 반의 시간을 되돌아보며 지금은 그 경험에 감사함을 느낀다고 말합니다.

어려운 상황에도 목적이 있을 수 있으며 터널 끝에는 빛이 있다는 것을 강조합니다.

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