Show the Spot to God

There is a story about a boy that spent time in the blacksmith shop in his hometown when he was growing up. The blacksmith seemed powerful as he would hold a large piece of iron in the fire with the thongs until it was white-hot. Then removing it from the fire and laying it on the anvil, he would give a tap with a small hammer. Immediately a bigger fellow on the other side would come down hard with a sledge hammer, hitting the iron on the exact spot where the blacksmith had just tapped it. The young man told the blacksmith, “You don’t do much good with that little hammer, do you?”
The blacksmith laughed and replied, “No, my boy, but I show that big fellow where to place the blow.”
When I read that little story I was reminded of the book of Isaiah. In 11:1-4 you find these words:

“A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD - and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.”

God has taken the hearts of His children and fired them in the furnace of His love. Then as they are place on the anvils of our life, He points where we need to mold our lives and then He waits. In His waiting we find if we truly will slay the wickedness of our lives and mold our mind and spirit with His love, God’s Glory is revealed. He has shown us where to strike, and we have the power to follow His direction.

Mid-week Prayer

Loving Father, Let us bring all the strength of our determination into Your Holy presence and we will find a way in which we are truly blessed. Let the world hear our voices resound with glory of Your way filling our life forever. We pray this in the blessed name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

This has been Rev. Jim Massey. Be sure and join me next week for another Mid-week Epistle.