His Process

Meat processing – we don’t care to think about the process through which our barbequed pork, charbroiled hamburgers, smoked turkey breast, and grilled chicken go to make it to our dinner tables, but nonetheless, there is a process.   I developed a deep appreciation for meat processor years ago when Mr. Bill decided to process his deer meat.  Henceforth and forever more, meat comes to MY freezer in neat tidy packages!

Growing in Christ is a process, and that process has a name – sanctification.  It’s not such a common word, but it’s good Bible that describes a Christian’s pursuit to be holy from the moment of salvation to the grave.  Sadly, some Believers live as if salvation is an end instead of a beginning.  We’re made new and righteous, of course, by God’s Redemption, then begins the life-long journey of becoming like Christ.  This process of becoming holy (sanctified) is of divine origin and purpose, “according to the foreknowledge of God, the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ … “  (2 Peter 1:2)  Who doesn’t love a good plate of barbeque or a big juicy burger, but much has happened before that time.  God wants us to become “vessels for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.” (2 Timothy 2:21)  Interestingly, we all are in a process of becoming something (honorable or dishonorable) right now.  Consider where you are in His process today!