Times of Trouble Are Times for More Strength

Proverbs 24:10 should be a proverb of both great encouragement and great challenge to any believer who faces opposition, stress, difficulty or struggles of any kind. Anyone can be positive and productive during good times. But, if you instantly collapse when times become difficult, you are a man who has very little strength and very little faith.

The phrase “strength is small” is literally “restricted” in the Hebrew. There is more strength available, but it has been restricted because of your attitude, your experience, your faith, or for some other reason.

This verse is a call to arms. It is a challenge to meet the opposition, find the strength and finish the job. Wisdom tells us that instead of caving in and being the coward, we need to rise and meet the challenge.

It is the uncommitted man who will walk away. The man committed to the cause will find or create the strength needed to continue the fight and run to the finish.

Ebionism an early church heresy from 50-135 AD that claim the need for the Mosaic Law in Salvation. This was a Christological Heresy that did not agree with the Apostle Paul’s position.
The Ebionites claimed that Jesus was the man anointed by the Spirit who became the Messiah. They did not believe that Jesus was not God.
The followers of Ebionism where looking for the imminent Millennium
They used the books of Matthew and Hebrews to prove their position, but rejected the rest of Scripture.