God Thinking XXXVI - Seeking God In All The Wrong Places 6

"When you go to God to seek Him only, God decides the outcome of the moment, not you. God is the potter and you are the clay.  It is better that way.

In the presence of God, if you lay it down:

God might take it from you

Sometimes, you aren’t ready to give something up, even if it is hurting someone else or killing them.  If you lay it down, you run the risk of having it taken away, like hay in a fire, because, God is a consuming fire. 

Every time you go into the presence of God, you run the risk of having the hay and the stubble burnt up.  

Every time you go into the presence of God, He melts you and scrapes off the dross to leave behind refined silver and gold. 

In the presence of God, if you lay it down:

God might take it from you 

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVI - Seeking God In All The Wrong Places by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013