Ever feel like you are being threshed? Farmers will know what I mean here. The combine rakes furrows of freshly cut wheat into the machine, then threshes or beats the stalks of wheat. The ripe grain is sucked into a big bin at the back of the combine. The rest is spit back out onto the ground only to be blown away by the wind.
Ever feel beaten down? Just like Jesus said about Peter, "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked permission to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back strengthen your brothers." The threshing process - it's not an easy thing to go through. However, after you are threshed, you come out as grain. Just like the farmer threshes the wheat to get the grain - not the chaff - God threshes us to gain perseverance, proven character and hope.
So, even though I feel like I am being threshed, I know that it is working in my life to make me better. Do I like the propcess? No! However, I pray like Jesus prayed for Peter, "Lord, help my faith not to fail. Help it to get stronger. And help me when I come out on the other side, to encourage others." Amen.
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