Designed to Withstand

Sometimes we feel overwhelmed

The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT

When an architect designs a building he doesn't just design the outside he takes environmental factors into consideration. For example, in California they have earthquakes while in Colorado temperatures drop and snow collects.

God is the same. He's designed my beams and foundation to withstand any environmental factor that I comes into contact with.

Nothing I face will cause me to collapse.

The architect doesn't wait until the pressure comes but it's calculated ahead of time.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations."

Jeremiah 1:5 NKJV

You can collapse in your mind but that's when you need to get your thinking in line with God's worth.

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.

Hebrews 12:3 NKJV

What enables a building to go higher are the beams.

Sometimes you may think God put things in you that you don't need but it's because you have more levels.

You have the grace to handle anything that you face.

Or let him take hold of My strength, That he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me."

Isaiah 27:5 NKJV

Paul faced a lot of opposition. He went through shipwrecks, storms, and even snake-attacks.

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

I Corinthians 15:57 NKJV

We  are  hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we  are perplexed, but not in despair;

II Corinthians 4:8 NKJV

David was annointed to be king but he didn't go directly to the palace.

Big opposition = Big Destiny

New levels, new devils.

-Jeanicia R. Elder at Lakewood Church