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February 18, 2006 (Psa 119:59 KJV) I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. When a goldsmith puts gold into the crucible and the fire begins to work on the dross, it begins to wriggle and wriggle, and as the dross is burned out it gets quieter, until at last the surface is so calm that the refiner sees his own face reflected and puts out the fire. When you reflect upon the Word of God, does it make you squirm with discomfort? Does it make your soul meditate upon its ways and desire a change of heart? Does it provoke a sense of repentance, a need to turn back from your old ways and towards the news ways that the Lord has for you? When our heart makes contact with God’s Word, It should cause it to ponder, to think on its ways, to “wriggle”. My friend, when that happens, fear not. These are the LORD’s chidings upon your soul, His gentle training, His remodeling of the chambers of your heart. He will patiently plead with you every change until the tabernacle of your heart is conformed to His Tabernacle, so he can make His home in it. Let Him change you, let Him remodel you, let Him make you in His image so He can see Himself in you; He will be more through than you could ever be without Him. Heb 3:7-8 KJV Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith,) To day if ye will hear his voice, (8) Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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