Scripture Anchor

“If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.”  Proverbs 24:10 KJV

Have you noticed that pressure can make you say things you did not know were still in you?

Sometimes we blame the pressure. 

●”I was tired.”
● “They pushed me too far.”
● “You don’t know what I’ve been dealing with.”

Those things can explain why the pressure was intense, but they do not always explain what came out of us.

Pressure has a way of exposing what was already beneath the surface: Impatience, fear, anger, control, and unbelief.t

Or perhaps something encouraging:

Restraint where you once would have reacted, peace where you once would have panicked, wisdom where you once would have spoken too quickly.

That is growth too.

Do not only examine your failures under pressure, also pay attention to the places where God has strengthened you.

And where your response reveals that something still needs work, do not defend it. Deal with it.

One of the benefits of being tested is discovering where we are actually strong, and where we only thought we were.

Remember:

Pressure does not decide your character. It often reveals its present condition.

Warfare Prayer

Father, thank You for using Your Word and the circumstances of life to show me where I have grown and where I still need strengthening.

I reject every tendency to excuse wrong reactions when under pressure. My restraint is strengthened, my emotions governed, and my discernment sharpened.

I declare that adversity will no longer reduce me to old patterns. What God has developed in me stands, and all weakness exposed becomes opportunity for greater maturity.

In the matchless name of Jesus Christ, Amein.

Shalom,
Hephzibah Christly
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