12-02-09
Proverbs 17:3
I have often wandered, why we have to experience hard times. Why are there so many disappointments? Why do we have to work so hard? The answer that came was not what I really wanted to hear but it did help me understand why and in understanding I am better able to endure. The answer is ‘it’s a process’.
The rough times, hard experiences and disappointments are all apart of the process of bringing me to perfection, to a higher quality of excellence and grandeur. It is apart of the process of releasing me from inadequacies, getting rid of the negative attitudes and warding off the inappropriate responses. The Lord uses these experiences as a process to bring me to perfection, to get me in the pursuit of excellence and make me a more accurate depiction of who He created. It is all apart of the process.
To bring out the potential of silver a fining pot is used. To bring out the fine qualities in gold a furnace is used. Proverbs tells us that the process for bringing out the outstanding qualities in humans is the trying of the heart. Like silver and gold, the heart in its natural state is covered with impurities but packed with potential.
Notably the heart is the place of refinement. By turning up the pressure situations in life the Lord set in place the conditions needed for the heart to be refined. The heart is the place that enables life to pursue excellence and perfection. The difficult times and stretching of patience refines the heart making me into who the Lord desires me to be. There are some negative vices that must be released in order for the positive vibes to be evident.
The heart is the place where the Lord tries you. It is the place where you release and embrace in accordance with His will. It is where you become who He wants you to be. It is your place of change. It is your place of perfection. It is your place of excellence. It is your place of potential. It is your launching pad. It is your embrace of the Lord life.
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