I read this in a devotional I'm reading and it really spoke to my heart! I thought I would share it.
You will tear all your enemies apart, making chaff of mountains. You will toss them in the air, and the wind will blow them all away; a whirlwind will scatter them. And the joy of the Lord will fill you to overflowing. ~Isaiah 41:15-16
What does the word chaff mean? We want victory in our lives but are we willing to go to the threshing floor? We want to be anointed-we want all the benefits of being blessed-but are we willing to pay the price? Why is the threshing floor so important? After wheat is harvested, before it can be of any value, the chaff and the grain of wheat must be separated. It's only the wheat that gives us grain to make bread and flour to make cakes. What does the wheat have to go through to be usable? It has to be separated from its protective covering, the chaff. It has to be crushed. It has to be put down on the threshing floor and sifted. During that process the wheat is in transition- it's one of those in-between times- like when your back's against the wall and you don't see a way out.
There's only one way your going to make it. You've got to take yourself to the threshing floor. You've got to let God come down and sift you. Whatever the enemy has brought against you, you've got to let God begin to crush it. It's not comfortable. It's even painful. It may seem like it's getting worse but if you listen you'll hear God replying, "Be patient, when your broken, sifted and refined, I will send the wind of my Holy Spirit. When I blow upon you, all that will be left is grain. No impurities, no chaff. Pure grain that's perfect to make the bread I have created you to be.
Praise God during those in-between times, in those seasons when your on the threshing floor- and in due season that door of provision will open up and you will walk through to victory!!
