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Matthew
3:15 "Suffer it to be so now......... Then he suffered Him"
There
are so many of life experiences that we pass through that may not look
important to us considering the wonderful visions that God has revealed to us.
God reveals wonderful things to us about our future but takes us down a
contradictory path to get us there. His processes are often always the opposite
of His promises to us but in the end, we arrive at the promises.
Several instances in scriptures, we see this truth been revealed. Abraham was promised a child and went on to experience barrenness for another 25years. Joseph was promised a throne and went on to experience slavery instead. David was even anointed king and further went to a position of having to hide in order to secure his life.
When
God promises you north, don't be surprised to find Him leading you south. This
simply means that there are experiences we must make happen and there are
experiences we must let happen. The things we make happen are within our
control while the things we let happen are beyond our influence. We can
describe the things we must let happen as our processes.
Our
processes are the refineries of our destiny. They convert us from raw material
to finished products. They birth character in us. When Jesus said they help us
fulfil all righteousness, He meant that they help cork the bottles of our
existence.
One
thing most believers need in other to fulfil their righteous walk is a Godly
character which serves as the bottle cork of our destiny and can only be
developed by passing through seemingly unnecessary and difficult processes.
What
then do we do in these moments? How do we handle them, how do we deal with
these processes that attempt to weary us and break the camel backs of our
destiny? The answer is to let them happen. In our saviours words, suffer it to
be so now.
Your
process might be a job that you hate, judgemental and critical parents, an
abusive or nagging spouse, a disease or sickness, a physical deformity or even
a difficult lecturer or subject in school. Whatever it is, suffer it to be so
now. They have ultimately been designed by God to birth and reveal something in
you that He concealed at creation.
Diamond,
the most valuable stone is simply a hunk of coal that stuck to its job (suffered
it to be so now) and became good as a result of the pressure of intense heat.
Choose
to stay today. When man fell into sin, what seemed like a perfectly designed
man became deformed and salvation became God's emergency number for the
restoration of man. Apart from salvation, I believe that God has also sent us
other tools to roster mans reformation back to factory setting. Some of these
tools are The word, marriage and our seemingly unenjoyable processes. They
serve as the sand paper of our destiny that attempt to smoothen out all our
rough edges. Prophet Jeremiah describes this as the marring and the making into
something that seemed good process (Jeremiah 18:1-4).
At
whatever level you find yourself at in life, stay in your process. It may be
hot, frustrating, smelly, annoying or even depressing, but stay there.
Whenever
you feel like throwing in the towel or hanging your boots, just imagine what
would have become of Joseph if he had given up before the throne or if Jesus
had insisted that the cup be taken away from Him (Matthew 26:39).
Like
Abraham who took the easy way out of the process by sleeping with the maid, the
promise of God would still stand. But you may have to live with the
consequences of your process avoidance.
Remember
that those who run from their battles today would live long enough to fight the
same battle again another day until they win it.
Stay
in your process.
Be Inspired.
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Aww. The below paragraph and the last three paragraphs touched me deep down.
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depressing, but stay there."
They worth meditating on.
God bless the writer and bless you too Chi mo for sharing.
I'm just gonna lay on my bed now and think the rest of the night out.
I am glad you were inspired dear Dauda.
DeletePlease do share with others to inspire them too. God bless you too dear.