Since being in the Boy Scouts I was taught the motto of "Be prepared" and one of the things all Boy Scouts must have is a pocket knife, from that little swiss army knife started my fascination with knives and weapons in general. I woke up to a word this morning and found myself thinking of a sword and the process it goes through to be a sword. You see, a sword is a tool that was made for a purpose. Before the master forger even touches the raw metal he already knows the purpose and what the sword will look like.
We, just as that metal start off as nothing, only when he puts us in the furnace of life is that we begin to feel the heat. By the process of fire we become soft to the point that now our master forger can begin by smashing the impurities out of us with his own hammer, that jealousy, anger, lies, and generational curses are smashed out and when the time is right. He quenches the sword in waters of salvation!
You can say you are a Christian but just like the sword until the process of sharpening takes place there is work to be done in you. You become sharp by reading the word, through daily prayer seeking Him, that's how the Lord starts to hone your blade.
Where once you reacted a certain way now the word changes your reaction. Where once you had a critical spirit now you catch your thoughts and see it through the eyes of Jesus. Where once you were selfish now you openly share yourself to being a vessel for the Lord.
Yet a sword is not a sword until the Lord puts a handle on you. By putting the handle you become His sword. In His hand you become a weapon with a purpose, a sword to cut the darkness with light. Only by going through the process can you become a this sword.
For my older saints, I haven’t forgotten about you.
Even though your sword was made many years ago and you now might be looked at as a museum piece, you are still a sword capable of inspiring others to become a new sword for The Lord just continue to sharpen yours.
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