The Word of God hammers you into something new that will shine for Jesus – it may hurt, but the transformation is worth it!
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. I once had a favorite pair of square gold earrings with a smooth, flat, shiny surface. Well, one day while wheeling through the office, I suddenly heard this clunk-clunk, clunk-clunk, clunk-clunk. Oh, my goodness – one of my earrings had fallen off, and now it was impaled on my tire, a mangled mess! I took the earrings to a jeweler, hoping he could fix them, and after a lot of hammering, I ended up with a new pair of earrings – now both of them were mangled and crinkly, but they were shinier than ever. They really caught the light. In Jeremiah 23, the Lord says his Word is like a hammer. And when that hammer hits us, it transforms us, making us more and more like Jesus. So, friend, let me encourage you to open your Bible and allow God’s Word to speak to you today. Yeah, it may hammer you, and that’ll hurt, but it’ll make you into something new – something new that’ll shine for Jesus.
© Joni and Friends