S.T. And I had been discussing what we understood “Quenching the Holy Spirit” meant and he had related it to a sword smith heating a sword, pounding the metal out, and repeating that process before quenching the metal. He also said there are two ways to quench the metal – oil and water – one strengthens the metal and another can make it brittle.
If we quench the Holy Spirit’s work on our lives before it is time, and in the wrong way, our lives can end up being brittle, cracked, possibly unable to fix and unable to be used.
However, if the Master Blacksmith is wielding the sword in and out of the flame, off and on the anvil and hammer and back into the flame until the proper shape and strength is achieved and then quenches it to solidify the strength thereof in the oil and then onto the whetstone for sharpening THEN we can go to the next part of our journey for the Lord.
So what happens after the fire?
So often I hear of people saying “Well, I’m just in the fire. Things are hard right now, just trying to make it to the end of this trial.” But… coming out of the fire, past the anvil, through the oil, and finally done with the whetstone … what then? The point of going through all those struggles isn’t simply to go through the struggle.
The point of going through all that is to be a finished product useable for the task God has for us.
Whether it’s a sword prepared for the day of battle, or a vessel made for the Father to fill with blessings to then pour the blessings into another cup, we all have a purpose after the fire.
C. L.
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