It never is easy to be refined by the Lord, but the refining is always for a purpose!
Who can fathom God's ways? Only by setting our eyes on the Lord, and at His eternal plan can all the momentary pain and troubles be seen in perspective.
Riches, beautiful clothes, a splendid house, a posh car...just things, they will never bring joy.
Looks, talents, skills, ability, all can be taken away in a blink of an eye.
Trials, challenges, pain...the stuff that God chooses to build character, to test what we have learnt, to see if our walk matches our talk when things get difficult.
After you have entered the refiner's fire, where all things that are not of God get burnt, charred, and painfully cleansed...what finally emerges? Will gold emerge? Will my response be complaining and whining without tangible change? Or will i willingly say..."if i perish, i perish?"
Daniel 3:16-18 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."
Yups...no more yoke of slavery, may that be burnt up in the fire! I take up the yoke which is easy and light! I delight in painful fire for the i know it is searing my character in the right ways! and finally, for the things i may never understand...Lord, i entrust those into your hands. Trusting that to you because you are gentle and compassionate, abounding in Love!
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