When You’re Feeling the Pressure

[586 words] ”And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8). The comprehensiveness of this passage is mind-blowing. It’s also amazing how the same passage of Scripture can lift us up AND humble us, can strengthen us AND spank us (discipline us) at the same time. Most deal with pressure in our lives; maybe it’s even a constant. However, there are times when, like Paul, “We were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself” (2 Corinthians 1:8). For someone with the faith and fortitude of Paul to say such a thing is a reminder that even the strongest of Christians sometimes feel the pressure and strain of living for Jesus and cry out. While bearing the weight and agony of our sin,…