You have gone through tests, and you have gone through trials. It has been a challenging journey I know, but this has been a time of beautification and purification as I have prepared you to be a vessel to carry My glory.
As I am breaking apart and tearing down the old to make way for the new, I have had to bring you to a place where the old vessels – methods, and ways – were so unusable to you that you could not rely on them, so you’ve had to choose to either force the old thing to work or reach for and desire to use the new thing that I am offering.
It is through this testing and proving that you have been prepared to carry the new. The pressure applied has proven your strength and tenacity. You have not wavered, and your trust in Me is commendable. Your faith in Me has made you beautiful in My sight. So take heart as I encourage you that you are well-equipped for the new outpouring and release of My glory,” says the Lord.
Activation:
Start a “Reflection Journaling” journey where you document the challenges and trials you have faced and how the Lord used them to contribute to your purification and preparation process. Set aside time each day to reflect on a specific past trial or testing season writing about the blessing of the lessons learned, the growth experienced, and the ways God has refined you through the fire. As you journal, express gratitude to the Lord for the strength and faith that have emerged from these refining experiences and the deepening of your relationship with Him. Use this journaling process as an opportunity to recognize how God has been drawing you closer to Him and preparing you to carry His glory and embrace the new things that He is offering.
6 In this you rejoice greatly, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,
7 so that the genuineness of your faith, which is much more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested and purified by fire, may be found to result in [your] praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:6-7 (AMP)
“Indeed, I have refined you, but not as [a]silver;
I have tested and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.Isaiah 48:10 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Isaiah 48:10 The melting of silver requires a relatively low heat.
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But the Lord tests hearts.Proverbs 17:3 (AMP)
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Unapologetically Marcia 