My word for May 18th is POLISH
For a wedding gift, 24 years ago, Jay and I received a
silver pitcher and 4 goblets. I
have let them just sit unused. You
can only imagine what they look like now, tarnished. I knew that there was only one person that would have the
patience to polish them, my mother.
She took them home and worked and worked. She cleaned every ornate part of the pitcher. Both the pitcher and the goblets are
just as clean as they were so many years ago. With polishing, scrubbing, and work they are placed back in
the china cabinet sparkling like they have never sparkled before.
Do you need to be polished? There is only one person that has the patience to work on
us, scrubbing every intricate part that needs to be cleaned. God works his magic and makes us
shine. No matter how tarnished we
have become God will take on the job.
It may take Him a little while, but He has the time. He doesn’t get frustrated with us when
we dirty ourselves again during his cleaning process. He will scrub and scrub until we are what He wants us to
become. Sometimes situations that
we are in are hard to get into, but God will squeeze into every crook and crevice
that needs spiritual goodness. God
loves us that much. He wants us to
sparkle and shine. God wants
others to see His work in us, so that others will have hope.
As God is polishing and cleaning us, during 2012, we may
feel uncomfortable; we may feel out of place. While his bristles are penetrating our rough spots, have
patience that this is God at work.
God is preparing us to work for Him. He doesn’t want us to be tarnished
He wants us to be polished with His goodness.
Dear Lord we know at times we are tarnished. Please polish us to shine for You. Only you have the patience and the time
to take on our situations. We know
that you work miracles and we want you to work miracles in us. Clean us from any impurities and leave
us ready to reflect Your goodness out to others.
Acts 14:22 (NIV)
22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the
faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they
said.
Dear Lord we know that You are continually polishing us. Enable us to have peace as You are
doing Your work causing friction in our lives preparing us to be
untarnished. We understand that
this process takes a while, but You are the only one that has the patience to
work on us. Even if we are covered
with tarnish keep working so that we will have joy and peace in our lives.
Chinese proverb:
“The gem cannot be polished without friction.”
More reading on polishing: http://thebiblemeditator.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/god-is-polishing-you/ The bible Meditator, Meditating on the
Scriptures Since 1920, God Is Polishing You, Don Ruhl
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