His Neck Was Put In Irons..

Psalm 105:18 states, "His neck was put in irons...".

The irons of sorrow and loss, the burdens carried as a youth, and the soul's struggle against sin all contribute to developing an iron tenacity and strength of purpose, as well as endurance and fortitude. These traits make up the indispensible foundation and framework of noble character.
Never run from suffering, but bear it silently, patiently, and submissively, with the assurance that it is God's way of instilling iron into your spiritual life. The entire world is looking for iron leaders, iron armies, iron tendons, and muscles of steel. But God is looking for iron saints, and since there is no ay to impart iron into His people's moral nature except by letting them suffer, He allows them to suffer!

Does it seem like what is supposed to be the best years of your life are slipping away? Are you enduring oppoosition, misunderstanding, lonliness, abuse or struggling with sin? Do your afflictions seem as thick as the undergrowth of confronting someone hiking thru a jungle? Then TAKE HEART! Your time is not wasted, for God is simply putting you thru His iron regimen! Your iron crown of suffering precedes your golden crown of glory, and iron is entering your soul to make it strong and brave.

I was reading this from my devotional this morning, and it impacted my thoughts so much I had to share. God is fully aware of our hardships, but He is also fully aware that we need to be more than we are! He wants us to come forth pure from the fire....and that, my friend, is exactly what I plan on doing.


But you will not mind the roughness, nor the steepness of the way,
Nor the cold, unrested morning, nor the heat of the noonday;
And you will not take a turning to the left of to the right
But go straight ahead, nor tremble at the coming of the night
For the road your on, leads Home.