Refinement chips away at what you hold onto instead of turning to God. It will chip away at your finances, relationships, work, pride, appearance, hormones, and anything else that weighs you down in life. When you endure and allow God to work in you though this process it is making you more your truest holy self. You are becoming more like Jesus and when the day comes you can face God in confidence.
Refinement that comes from God will whittle down your life to make it simple, so you can rebuild it to be the life God designed for you. When life gets hard remember that God is with you. Instead of panicking thank God for what He is doing in your life and lean on Him more. Trust His process as it gets hard. Life is not about always being happy, but refinement can produce joy.
During the refinement process listen for God's voice. Refinement is not an easy process. It is painful, but when you get through it your soul will be more beautiful. You will be unhindered by what you got through. Fear can be removed. Going through a little pain now is so much better than an eternity of pain or a lackluster Christian life. You have to be refined to be a Christian that lives out your purpose in life. You have to overcome fear to be used by God.
Refinement can be struggle, disappointment, rejection by people, being overlooked, attacked, helplessness, terror, persecution, and facing impossible situations. The purpose is for you to see your need for God in every situation. You need God in every phase of life. When you do, you get deliverance, discovery of truth, blessings, and victory over what you faced. Commit yourself completely to God so that you do not hinder your process.
Deuteronomy 20:8-9, Judges 7:1-6, Job 23:10-17, Psalm 66:8-12, Proverbs 17:3, Isaiah 48:8-11, Zechariah 13:7-9, Malachi 3:2-4, Luke 21:34-36, Romans 5:3-5, Philippians 1:3-6, Hebrew 12:10-11, & 1 Peter 1:6-7
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