[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Hard pressed but not crushed

Read: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18

MEDITATION VERSE: 

“We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not  in despair” (2 Corinthians 4:8).

God’s word offers hope and encouragement for anyone going through a season of hard pressing. Psalm 30:5 says, “weeping may endure for a night, but joy  comes in the morning”. Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “to everything there is a season, a  time for every purpose under heaven”. 2 Corinthians 4:18 says, “while we do not  look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the  things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are  eternal”. Romans 8:28 says “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose”. 2 Corinthians 4:16-17 says, “therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our  outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For  our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more  exceeding and eternal weight of glory”. 

What do these bible verses imply? 

Firstly, that which you are going through is only for a season. It will surely come  to an end and your season of joy will commence. Secondly, it is working out for  your good. There is a future glory that awaits you if you do not give up. God  specializes in turning around for good, what the enemy destined for evil. 2  Corinthians 4: 7-10 says “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the  excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on  every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted,  but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the  body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in  our body”. 

There is a treasure inside of you; it is the excellence of God’s power and grace.  There is help available for you. You do not have to navigate this on your own,  you, do not have to depend on your own power. Draw strength from God’s  power that is inside of you. Lean in and look up to God for help. Ecclesiastes 7:8- 

10 says, “the end of a thing is better than its beginning…” 

Everything will be alright in the end. If it is not alright now, then it is not the end.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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