07/20/2024
I couldn’t sleep so i started watching tv and couldn’t get comfortable. My mom use to say when you can’t sleep read a scripture. I began reading the Bible and immediately felt a sense of peace. One i want to share with you.
Masterpieces in Process
There’s a verse in Proverbs that’s often quaintly quoted when referring to a close friendship or marriage…
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
Proverbs 27:17
Iron is sharpened through heat and friction, through cutting and slicing. As it is beaten, it is reshaped into something beautiful and purposeful and even better than before.
Sharpening is purposeful, but it can also be painful. It’s intentional friction that often results in a purer, stronger, sharper character. We aren’t sharpened by thoughtless, careless, or unintentional relationships, but we are sharpened by those who lovingly help chip away the excess junk—who can recognize and visualize the masterpiece God wants us to become.
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.”
When we surrender to God’s refining work inside of us, we can help others see the work of art in themselves. So today, allow God to sharpen you. Ask Him to reveal the parts of your life that need to be refined, and then surrender to the work He wants to do inside you.
Lord, sharpen me so that i may not only sharpen the kids in our church, in my family, and my community but also everyone that i come in contact with. Use them to sharpen me as well. In my weakness sharpen me, through my trials sharpen me, when lust looks a lot like love sharpen me, use me ole Lord in any way you see fit. Reshape this old iron of mine into a new and beautiful masterpiece. I know that i don’t need a new piece because you will use the old me and make me new. Lord i thank you in advance for making me the difference i want to see in our community. I know I’m not perfect but you said that I’m worth it. If the direction I’m going is where you intend for me to be then i know you have already prepared the table before me even in the presence of my enemy. In your Son’s name Amen!
