Note: I had put a load of laundry in the washer before my quiet time. As I read my devotion then waited for the Lord, I hear the Lord say: Your mind and emotions are spinning now, just like the washing machine you hear. As the washer spins and agitates the clothes, it may seem ‘violent’ – a shaking up – an agitation – but its ultimate purpose is to rid the clothes of dirt and render them ‘clean’ and ‘acceptable.’ So your life will have ‘shaking up’, and ‘agitation.’ It seems unwelcome but its purpose is to rid you of selfish desires, to purify you, to cleanse you and bring you to Me clean and renewed. Trials give you insight into your priorities: how you spend your time and a desire to re-calibrate your activities. After the washing, you are ready for the ‘drying.’ My Spirit Wind blows you dry, bringing peace and new revelations of my design and purpose for you. It is a spirit of renewal and growth. The trials are a refining process. Don’t run from them but embrace them. Draw nearer… come closer… abide in Me. Trust in Me.
For you know that when your faith is tested,
it stirs up power within you to endure all things.
And then as your endurance grows even stronger,
it will release perfection into every part of your being
until there is nothing missing and nothing lacking.
James 1: 3-4 TPT
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