May 2008
In a Process...
30.05.08 14:23 Filed in: Life
Anyone going through a process of growth as a
Christian will understand that it is a process
indeed! In fact in many circles you will hear
the process of becoming more Christ-like compared to
precious metal being refined in the fire.
In the simplest explanation refining a precious metal means lots of heat. The metal is heated to a level that literally makes it unrecognizable from it's original form. Something crazy then begins to happen: All the impurities begin to rise to the surface and are cleaned off to make the metal pure.
If you are in a process of growth, a process of refinement, all your impurities will rise to the surface. Things you thought were long gone will come out and force you to deal with it once and for all. Many Christians so dislike this process that they cut it short. All their impurities rise to the surface of their lives and they mistake that for a lack of growth. OR maybe they actually believe they were worse off than before they made a decision to follow Christ at a deeper level. At any case they have frozen their impurities on the surface of their lives because they failed to deal with those issues.
Maybe you see this in some of your friends or family members, maybe you see this in yourself... At any rate may those of us committed to becoming more Christ-like be encouraged... It takes time. May we deal with the impurities that come to the surface of our lives so we can more reflect Him.
AFTER ALL, WE'RE IN A PROCESS.
In the simplest explanation refining a precious metal means lots of heat. The metal is heated to a level that literally makes it unrecognizable from it's original form. Something crazy then begins to happen: All the impurities begin to rise to the surface and are cleaned off to make the metal pure.
If you are in a process of growth, a process of refinement, all your impurities will rise to the surface. Things you thought were long gone will come out and force you to deal with it once and for all. Many Christians so dislike this process that they cut it short. All their impurities rise to the surface of their lives and they mistake that for a lack of growth. OR maybe they actually believe they were worse off than before they made a decision to follow Christ at a deeper level. At any case they have frozen their impurities on the surface of their lives because they failed to deal with those issues.
Maybe you see this in some of your friends or family members, maybe you see this in yourself... At any rate may those of us committed to becoming more Christ-like be encouraged... It takes time. May we deal with the impurities that come to the surface of our lives so we can more reflect Him.
AFTER ALL, WE'RE IN A PROCESS.
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