Sayings of the Wise - #24 — “Under Trial, Show Strength” - (Prov. 24:10)

🌸 Saying #24 — “Under Trial, Show Strength”

📖 Proverbs 24:10

“If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.”

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🌿 INTRODUCTION — When Life Tests You

Women of Wisdom, every woman faces a “day of adversity.”
Not a day on the calendar—
but a moment:

• when news shakes you
• when pressure rises
• when emotions overwhelm
• when discouragement whispers
• when life becomes heavier than expected

Saying #24 is not meant to shame us—
it is meant to awaken us.
It reminds us that spiritual strength is not proven when life is calm,
but when life becomes stormy.

Lady Wisdom calls out to every woman today:

“You are stronger in God than you think.
Your strength does not collapse—
it grows when it leans on Me.”

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🌼 MEANING OF THE SAYING

⭐ 1. “If you faint…”

To faint means to lose heart, give up, stop fighting, stop praying, stop hoping.
It’s not physical—it’s emotional and spiritual exhaustion.

⭐ 2. “…in the day of adversity…”

Adversity = pressure, trouble, disappointment, sudden difficulty, or a long, draining season.
Everyone has one.
Some have many.

⭐ 3. “…your strength is small.”

This is not condemnation.
It’s a diagnosis.
God is revealing the size of the strength we’ve been relying on.
If it collapses easily, it wasn’t God’s strength—
it was ours.

⭐ 4. The message behind the message:

Adversity does not shrink your strength.
It reveals which strength you were using.
Human strength collapses.
Holy Spirit strength endures.

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Lady Wisdom leads four women down four different paths.
Each path represents a kind of adversity.

💚 Woman 1 — The Path of Delay

Her progress is slow, and she sighs often.
“I thought I’d be further by now.”
Lady Wisdom whispers:

“Strength is not speed. Keep walking.”

💙 Woman 2 — The Path of Disappointment

She carries a plan that didn’t work out.
Her eyes are wet with questions.
Lady Wisdom touches her shoulder:

“Strength is trusting Me with what you don’t understand.”

💛 Woman 3 — The Path of Discouragement

She starts strong but grows tired quickly.
“I feel drained,” she says quietly.
Lady Wisdom smiles:

“Strength is asking Me for fresh joy each morning.”

❤️ Woman 4 — The Path of Pressure

Her responsibilities are heavy, and she clenches her jaw.
“If I don’t do it, who will?”
Lady Wisdom gently responds:

“Strength is surrendering—not striving alone.”

The four women stand together at the end of their paths,
and Lady Wisdom speaks over them:

“You were not expected to be strong by yourself.
You were expected to lean on Me.”

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🌷 REFLECTION THOUGHTS

Ask yourself:

💚 Am I discouraged because things are moving slowly?
💙 Am I grieving a plan that didn’t work out?
💛 Am I drained and in need of renewed joy?
❤️ Am I carrying pressure I never surrendered to God?

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🌿 CLOSING ENCOURAGEMENT

Women of Wisdom,
Adversity does not mean you are weak.
It means you have reached a moment where you must draw from God’s strength, not your own.

“The Lord is the strength of my life.” — Psalm 27:1
“My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9

Walk today knowing:
You are not fainting.
You are growing.
You are learning to rely on a strength far greater than yours.
And that strength will carry you through. 💕✨

A wonderful day to everyone.