Jun 25
Today's Reading: My Utmost for His Highest
John 12:27-28
"... what shall I say? 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour. 'Father, glorify Your name' "
Fires of Sorrow
Jesus said, " but for this hour I have come."
And God did not deliver Him from the suffering but delivered Him through the suffering.
We say, there should not be sorrow and suffering in life. But there is sorrow and suffering. We must accept that fact and deal with it; we are being careless with our lives if we refuse.
It is a fact of life. Sin, sorrow, and suffering exists. God did not make a mistake allowing them existence. Sorrow is part of the human condition, you may try to avoid it but it will eventually find you anyway.
Sorrow removes shallowness but it does not always make us better people. It can deepen you or destroy you... depending on how you receive yourself. Do you face yourself honestly? Do you let it refine you? Or do you complain, blame, and harden your heart in it? Do you surrender to God in it?
Sorrow is a fire... fire can purify or burn down. In fires of sorrow our true self is revealed.
You cannot find yourself through success because success leads to pride. Pride will blind you and make you shallow. You cannot find yourself though routine either because routine leads to complaining, boredom, and numbness. Only sorrow wakes you up, only sorrow strips away the false self. Only sorrow forces you to see what truly matters in your life.
Sorrow is the furnace where God reveals your true identity... where you stop pretending, stop running and surrender. Sorrow is where God gives you back to yourself. I have experienced this.
have time for others, compassion, patience, gentleness, depth, understanding, and no contempt.
People who have not suffered: are dismissive, impatient, shallow, judgmental, and have no time for your pain. I have been in contact with many of these people.
Chambers' final statement today: "If you will receive yourself in the fires of sorrow, God will make you nourishment for others." This is the promise: if you accept sorrow, face yourself, surrender, and let God refine you... then God will use your life to feed others.
Your healing becomes someone else's hope.
Your story becomes someone else's strength.
Breath Prayer
You are with me in sorrow......carry me through the fire.
I have become nourishment for others.
~ Quil
Scripture References
John 12:27–28 — Jesus accepts His hour of sorrow for God’s glory. Isaiah 48:10 — God refines His people in the furnace of affliction. 1 Peter 1:6–7 — Trials refine faith like gold tested by fire. Psalm 34:18 — The Lord is near to the brokenhearted. Romans 5:3–5 — Suffering produces endurance, character, and hope. 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 — God comforts us so we can comfort others. James 1:2–4 — Trials produce maturity and completeness. Psalm 119:71 — “It was good for me to be afflicted…” Hebrews 12:11 — Discipline is painful but yields righteousness. Romans 8:28 — God works all things together for good.
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