Can you withstand the hardening process?
Are you numb yet?
Are you detached from others?
Have you cut their strings to puppeteer you?
Have you stop dancing to their beat?
Have you stopped placating, adjusting and mirroring others?
Have you learned to stand alone?
Have you learned to stand on the word of God?
Have you learned to not let others rule you or be moved or swayed by the opinions of others?
Have you taken your power back?
Gone are the days of being nice.
Gone are the days of shrinking to give others room to expand?
Gone are the days of submitting to the demonic in others.
Gone are the days of remaining silent out of fear.
Gone are the days where you die at the demands of others.
Gone are the days where you fear rocking the boat.
Gone are the days where you care about the judgement of others.
The days of falsehood and lies are no longer.
The days of trying to fit in and not be rejected are no longer.
The days of going along to get along are no longer.
The days of getting small and agreeable to not face rejection are no longer.
The weak, fearless, cowardice, people pleasing, doubtful, needy you have all but vanished.
The warrior within has surfaced and transitioning into the General.
The isolation
The rejection
The pain
The lack
The deprivation
was all meant to strip back the fickle, unstable, weak parts of you to reveal the new creature in Jehovah Gibbor's army.
You were not being processed for the pews, nor the front lines but to lead the pack!
Your softness, your love, prepared you for the sheep.
You now have been hardened for the wolves waiting for you in the many battles you will face when you cross over.
Hardening does not happening in luxury but only in the fire.
Notice you don't smell like smoke, but in Gods nostrils, VICTORY!!!
Do you not smile so much? Good.
Do you not skip all day? Great.
Do you not tolerate foolishness and walk away? Excellent.
Are you done playing games? Amazing.
Are you done apologizing for being you? Fantastic.
That once naive, ignorant person has now shut down to the enemy, has raised it walls to guard your heart, mind and spirit, and now you watch- observant, sober, vigilant.
Your movement is calculated and methodical.
"No" , "I don't agree with that", "I'm going to walk away" roll off of your tongue with ease.
You just don't care about the fragility of men but truth. And you can now lies have an aroma.
Your discernment is so keen, you can almost taste deceit.
There is nothing wrong with this. In time, more refinement will come.
For now, you have been thrown into the wild left to fend for yourself.
If you survive, and you will, you will come forth as pure gold, as royalty ready for your new assignment.
From Jesus:
Lean into it. Allow it. Let it harden, mold you and shape you. Let the heartbreak do its work. Let it break the old you to become new.
Question of the day
Do you feel the change in you?
Have you been hardened?
Don't fear it. See the value in it.
Scripture
Ezekiel 3:7-9
7 But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate. 8 But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. 9 I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.”
Jeremiah 1:17-19
17 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. 18 Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land. 19 They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord.
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