John 15:1-2
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the Husbandman.
Every branch in Me that bears not fruit He takes away:
and every branch that bears fruit, He purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.”
When Solomon built his temple, he employed eighty thousand stonecutters.
They chipped and shaped those stones in the quarry before bringing them to the temple mound.
Why?
Because Solomon didn’t want the sound of the hammers and chisels heard on the temple mound.
In the same way, you are part of the living stones of His temple and God is shaping you down here in the quarry called “Earth.”
Part of your shaping is in the form of persecution.
So, don’t look at your persecutors as enemies, but as God’s stonecutters.
Next time someone criticizes, mocks, or reviles you, offer this prayer:
“Thank you God for bringing me another stonecutter.”
God is shaping you to be what you ought to be.
DID YOU KNOW!
You have been accused of accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior and bombarding God with prayers!
You are hereby sentenced to everlasting life, no bail, no appeal.
You have been labeled blessed and hereby detained in God's custody forever, Amen.
