Rhetorical Question...

I’ve been thinking lately. You know how you never look forward to dental work or surgery for something? But when it’s all over, you’re usually very glad you had it done because the problem is resolved? At least that’s how it is for me…I wait until I can’t stand the pain or problem any more, and then finally take care of it.

Well I’ve been thinking that’s how we are spiritually. God talks about pruning us like a grapevine. He talks about refining us like silver ore. We’re even told we get sharpened like metal. We don’t always get to make the call as to when that process will happen like we do with a doctor. But in the end, isn’t God’s testing just like surgery? Don’t we feel better in the end? Aren’t we “healthier” spiritually afterward?

So why do we resist it instead of joyfully accepting it, even looking forward to it? It isn’t like we need spiritual health insurance to pay the bill!