Pressed and Stressed?

"We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed..."

1 Corinthians 4:8 (NKJV)

You're pressed and stressed and tired and frustrated and fatigued under the heavy weight you are carrying. But that’s not all you are.

You are also prepared and ready. You are equipped and resourced. You are appointed and gifted. You are supplied and endowed. You are favored and full of faith.

And that means when most are saying, “I can't handle anymore. I can't take another round of this thing that is causing me frustration and weariness,” your response is, “Bring it on.”

Why? Because your relationship with God makes you capable of taking on more and handling it in ways that would make others tap out early. Your faith in Jesus empowers you to face every necessary thing in your life, no matter how much is being required of you.

Jesus brings this kind of resilience to the life of a believer. He brings this kind of influence, this kind of spiritual robustness, this kind of elasticity to the life of a believer. He brings capacity and ability to handle what needs to be handled, to function in assignments, to complete projects, and to make a difference when others would have given up early.

Child of God, you can't get frustrated watching others walk through life with seemingly little responsibility or difficulty. When others seem to be getting off scot-free and you are facing the next giant assignment in your life, your response should be to pause long enough to thank God that He has given you the capacity to stand there, and to know that you have what it takes to get things done.

God never lets your life be pressed into a space, time, or need where He will leave you unprepared. If the Lord has let your life be pressed, He has prepared you to operate in power in that place. Thanks to Jesus, you will always have what you need, when you need it, to get done what He has called you to do.