Romans 5:3‭-‬4 Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation.

Just like how PRECIOUS STONES are formed in the presence of pressure and heat, it’s an undeniable truth that, SOME VITAL AND IMPORTANT VIRTUES IN YOUR LIFE CAN ONLY BE DEVELOPED AMIDST PRESSURE AND HARDSHIP.

Have you ever wondered how that, It took Pressure from the people to make Moses notice, the value of the ROD in his hand which split the red sea and performed that amazing miracle?(Exodus 14)

Did you notice that, it took PRESSURE from Goliath of Gath to REVEAL to Israel a Great child (David) in their midst, who had been unnoticed  and overlooked! (1 Samuel 17)

“Often, it’s in our Moments of Pressure or Crisis that God points us to the VALUE of something He  has placed IN US or AROUND US !”

And it’s with this pressure that those TREASURES are developed and refined.

If you understand this, you won’t run away from crisis, and avoid pressure and hardship. In fact, you will invite it and create one if there is none. TRAIN YOURSELF TO BE COMFORTABLE WITH DISCOMFORT, then you will see what a miracle worker you are.

This is wisdom, which will serve you well:

In Moments of Crisis, Pay Attention! YOU WILL FIND TREASURE. Glory to God!

                   GRACEFUL MORNING