Strength is not fixed. Power is not static. What you have today can be lost tomorrow if it is not renewed, and what you lacked yesterday can become abundant today if you learn where to draw from. The Bible tells us that in the day of adversity, your internal strength will be weighed, measured, and exposed. Proverbs 24:10 says, “If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.” That verse is not merely a rebuke; it’s a revelation. It’s saying that the pressure of hard times will always reveal the level of your preparation. You don’t find out how strong a person is in peace — you find out in pain.
But here’s the hope: strength can be increased. The Lord doesn’t leave us to sink with yesterday’s strength in today’s battle. Isaiah 40:31 gives us one of the most beautiful promises in the entire scripture: “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Waiting on the Lord is not a passive act. It is not sitting down doing nothing. It is leaning in, tarrying, abiding in prayer and surrender until divine exchange happens. Your weariness is traded for His power. Your weakness is clothed in His might.
The reason why many believers faint is not because God has abandoned them — it’s because they’ve been trying to fight spiritual battles with human energy. They’ve not stopped long enough to let God refill them. Power leaks. Strength drains. The soul can bleed even when the body is standing. Jesus Himself needed times of retreat. Scripture tells us that He would often go to lonely places to pray (Luke 5:16). And what happened when He emerged from those places? Luke 4:14 says, “And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.” You see, He went into the wilderness full of the Holy Ghost, but He came out in the power of the Spirit. Power is not just a deposit — it is an overflow that is triggered by consistent communion.
God wants His people powerful. Not just in tongues, not just in words, but in actual spiritual stature. Acts 10:38 says, “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.” What was the evidence that God was with Him? Power. What was the result of that power? Goodness and deliverance. It wasn’t for show — it was for service. It wasn’t just a gift — it was an assignment. And the same is true for us. When God clothes you with power, it’s not just for your survival; it’s for your generation’s liberation.
But this power isn’t automatic. Paul said in Ephesians 6:10, “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.” That is an instruction. It’s a call to posture ourselves for strength. You don’t grow strong in your own name. You grow strong in the Lord. That means His Word must dwell in you richly. That means your prayer altar must be alive. That means you must learn to sit at His feet until His presence marks you.
We also see from scripture that power is not just given once — it increases. In Acts 4, after the apostles were threatened and beaten, they didn’t back down. They prayed. And verse 31 says, “And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.” These were the same people who had already been filled in Acts 2. But fresh adversity called for fresh infilling. That’s the rhythm of spiritual life — resistance must be met with renewal. New seasons require new strength.
There is a kind of Christian life that is more than just survival. It’s the life where you walk and do not faint. It’s the life where you run and you don’t grow weary. It’s the life where you soar — not by flapping, but by catching the divine wind of the Spirit like an eagle on the thermals. That life is not found in religious performance. It is found in waiting on the Lord. It’s found in saying, “Lord, I cannot fight today’s battles with yesterday’s oil. Fill me again.” It’s found in praying not just for gifts, but for divine energy to do the will of God.
So if you’re weary — good. That means you’re human. But don’t stop there. Wait on Him. Drink again. Draw again. The well never runs dry. There is still power available for those who will wait.
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