Unclear Process

*Recap of*

*Be Inspired Intercessory Prayer and Testimony*

*Tuesday 21st of July 2020*

*Anchored by:* Sis Leah

*Topic:* *Unclear Process*

PRAYER 

Our father in heaven we worship your name. We bow before your throne in adoration we worship your majesty indescribable God. There is none beside you.

Lord we pray that you have your way in our midst. Take control over the program today. Speak through me and to everyone and let all glory return to you alone on Jesus mighty name.

Amen

When something is unclear it means it's not easy to see or understand

*Process means* a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end.

*Text:* So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.

1 Peter 1:6‭-‬8 NLT

*3 main stages in a process..*

*Inception* which is also the starting point

*Mid point* between the inception and the end

*Final point* the end of the process

The scripture here liken the suffering of a believer to the process gold passes through before it becomes finished product

It says there is wonderful joy ahead  *_even though you must endure many trials_*

But those trails are for a little while. 

This trial will show how genuine your faith and mine is. 

The faith will be tested just as gold is tested in a fire. The authenticity of a gold is not at the inception but it lies in the process it goes through

But the trials we go through will bring more praises and glory to Jesus Christ.

Then the writer commend believers here saying you love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now yet trust him and you rejoice with a glorious inexpressible joy

The making of gold is not a child's play

For many who know they must find the mine, the outer layer or environment of the mine is doesn't justify the product embedded in it

The outer layer of the mine might appear to be a forgotten, useless ground that can yield nothing

But when the mine starts going through the process of blast for the thing inside it which is good and some granules of silver

Then reality of how resourceful it is becomes glaring

Then of course the end product is not easy to come by

As mentioned earlier in a process there is an inception that is the beginning.. the place where it all started. 

If one gives up at the beginning it's never going to be an easy commute to get to the mid point because you must pass through each stage

Each stage refines, strengthen and builds the person in order for them to be able to withstand the end product.

The gold will need to be purified in fire and it's not just 35degree or 90degree hot fire you are talking about 1000degree hot fire

Fire that can instantly disfigure a creature who find themselves in it

Through the fire there will be some shaping remoulding and breaking also checking to see if it's purified enough.

The process of gold is similar to the process of marble, the fire with which the glass is burnt snapped and eventually the marble is designed is not something natural hand can touch and this processes cannot just be cone in your own home

One beautiful thing about this is that the end product justifies all the hard work

The beauty of the product justifies the process

In life we might find ourselves in situations that looks unclear

Circumstances that seem to be overbearing

Situation that seems that it's taking us to a breaking point

It can feel like the purifying fire that seem really unbearable

But giving up in the process will never amount to desired product

The Bible text let us understand that yes trials will come, trials will surface but the end will be greater than what the present situation looks like

But the thing is do you have your eyes fixed on the end product

Also we all are at different stages of the process of our lives

Some mid point and others are approaching the end point

Some might be in the inception stage

But whichever stage applies to you it's worth staying focused

It's worth not allowing the unseen process to deny you of the unseen glory that waits for you in the product

The stages of each person differs in time and season.

The fact that the mine was blasted and gold extracted same time doesn't mean the end product will be at thesame time

There is an appointed time

Also each end product have different final destination in life

Just like you and i

Yes we may be calling on thesame God but our desires

Our joy and trials differs

The time for each ones answer also differs

But one thing must stay true through out and that is your faith of the end goal

Your faith must keep standing through every stage of the process

If indeed you want to partake of that end product your faith must be unshaking

You must keep standing in faith as God enables you

This also applies to your salvation in Christ indeed now it may seem like God has forgotten the one holding the trumpet is asleep

That is not the case and even if it is don't be like the foolish bride who fail to fill up their lamb with enough oil and were in darkness when the bride groom came.

They ended up in the mid point of the process but those who had enough oil were able to get to the end point gloriously.

This message today applies to us all in different stages of lives, it could be in finance, spiritual growth, faith, strength, marital challenge economical imbalance, lack in any area e.t.c. whatever it may be do not give up on the unclear Process.

Allow God to see you through it

 *Let us pray* 

Lord eternal thank you for the grace to hear your word and to be ministered to today. Abba we ask that you strengthen us all through all process on our lives.

Father whatever stage anyone is right now we plead for strength to wait on you and be successful

We come against all distraction or discouragement in our life journeys. We ask lord where it had seem tideous and impossible manifest your power lord

At the end let your name alone be glorified in Jesus mighty name

Amen