“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ
Jesus unto good works, which God hath before
ordained that we should walk in them.”
—Ephesians 2:10
You are so often disillusioned by the
terrifying heat in your life. You feel so
heated inside by struggles and hurdles
that, let’s face it, make you melt. You don’t understand.
All you see before you is fire, and you
become intensely aware of the ripping and tearing
inside yourself, and you start to lose confidence
and sink. You question if your Creator is
really strengthening you or even cares about
you. The heat rises to excruciating temperatures
as the flames devour you. You cannot see an escape.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
He has turned on the furnace. As he gently
places the impure gold in the burning flames.
He prepares His tools to purify the precious
metal. The gold begins to melt, sinking to the
bottom of the pot as the impurities separate and
rise to the top. He removes the sludge from the
gold, purifying and strengthening it. He carefully
raises the temperature until the gold reflects
his face, and he lifts the now purified gold
out of the fire to cool.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
In the corner of a shadow, she clutches her
face in her hands. She’s crying. She’s confused;
she feels utterly abandoned. The things she is
going through don’t make sense; her life seems
to be falling apart. She cries out, “Why, God,
why?” And a whisper brushes by her heart. She
is calmed, for she knows that He knows the way
she takes, and that when she is tried, she shall
come forth as gold.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he
hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”
—Job 23:10
P. S. Reread the top and bottom paragraphs,
keeping the last verse in your mind. Since we
are God’s workmanship, He is going to work on
us. In the end, God will be able to see his reflection
perfectly in us. But until that wonderful day
in glory, let us strive to be moldable and trust
that the Goldsmith knows what He’s doing!
Written by Cosette, who blogs at http://dabyda.blogspot.com - This article was published in the JOJ magazine, Issue 8.
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