There are seasons of life you never would have
chosen, seasons of pressure, waiting, disappointment,
correction, failure, betrayal, seasons when you
pray, God, why am I going through this? You ask
God to change the situation, remove the pressure,
open the door, defend you, restore you, bring
you out. But what if, while you are asking God
to change what is happening around you, God is
doing something within you. What if the fire
is revealing what success would have allowed
you to hide? What if the waiting is developing
something you will need when the door finally
opens? What if correction is not rejection? What
if the crack God is showing you is not evidence
that you are finished? But mercy, revealing what
must be repaired before it becomes a collapse.
What if, even after failure, mercy still has
something to say? Welcome to a new season of
Pamoja Ministry, Refined for a Purpose. This
season is about the person who walks into the
fire and the person who eventually walks out.
Because fire reveals things. It reveals character.
It reveals integrity. It reveals pride. It reveals
weakness. It reveals what happens when compromise
becomes easier than obedience. And sometimes
the fire reveals you to you. You thought you
were patient until you had to wait. You thought
you had forgiven until you saw them again. You
thought you were humble until somebody corrected
you. You thought you had self -control until
temptation came at the right moment. you thought
you trusted God, until God didn't answer the
way you expected. But listen carefully, God does
not reveal the impurity simply to throw away
the gold. Sometimes exposure is an invitation
to refinement. Throughout this season, we will
walk through the lives of Joseph, David, Peter,
Moses, Daniel, Jacob, Paul, John Mark, and others.
People who were called. but still had character
to develop. People who were used by God, but
still needed correction. People who experienced
failure, but discovered mercy. People who endured
waiting, and later understood that preparation
was also progress. We will talk about integrity
when nobody is watching. The small crack before
the public collapse. The correction we sometimes
mistake for rejection. The failure that makes
us wonder whether purpose is over. The mercy
that meets a genuinely repentant heart. The blessing
we prayed for. And whether our character is strong
enough to carry its weight. And finally, the
things the fire revealed that cannot follow us
into the next season. Because maybe you are not
simply waiting for the blessing. Maybe you are
being prepared for its weight. Maybe the wilderness
is teaching something the palace will require.
Maybe the small assignment is strengthening your
shoulders. Maybe the closed door is developing
discipline. Maybe the correction is protecting
your future. Maybe God is preparing your character
for responsibilities you cannot yet see. But
we will also be careful with suffering. Not every
painful thing comes from God. Not every closed
door is divine correction. Not every hardship
means promotion is coming. And scripture does
not require us to call evil good. The betrayal
does not have to be good. The injustice does
not have to be good. The failure was not good.
The loss can still hurt. But here is the hope.
The fire does not have to be good for God to
bring good through it. God can redeem. God can
restore. God can redirect. God can teach. God
can transform. God can take what was meant for
evil and refuse to allow evil to have the final
word. That is why throughout this season one
declaration will keep returning. God doesn't
waste the fire. Maybe the fire will expose something
that needs to change. Let it change. Maybe God
will confront your pride. Listen, maybe conviction
will reveal a crack. Don't defend it. Maybe you
failed. Repent. Maybe trust needs to be rebuilt.
Become trustworthy. Maybe you need stronger boundaries.
Build them. Maybe you need greater discipline.
Practice it. Maybe you have been protecting an
image while neglecting your character. Stop protecting
the image and allow God to refine the person.
Because your gift may open a door, but your character
must help you remain faithful once you enter
it. Your talent may create opportunity, but integrity
must sustain you. Your anointing does not eliminate
your responsibility. to live a disciplined life.
And perhaps the question is not simply, God,
when will you change my season? Perhaps another
prayer needs to rise. God, what must change in
me before my season changes? This season is for
the person in the fire, the person recovering
from failure, the person receiving correction,
the person waiting. The person preparing for
greater responsibility. The person asking whether
God can still use them. The person who has survived
something, but knows survival alone is not enough.
And by the end of this journey, maybe you will
look back differently. Maybe you will realize
the fire exposed me, but it did not destroy me.
Correction humbled me, but it did not mean God
abandoned me. Failure wounded me, but mercy did
not leave me there. Waiting frustrated me, but
preparation was happening. The wilderness tested
me, but God was still present. And maybe the
greatest miracle will not simply be that you
came out of the fire. Maybe the miracle will
be who came out. More humble, more disciplined,
more prayerful, more discerning, more compassionate.
more aware of your weaknesses, more dependent
upon God, more committed to integrity, not perfect,
but refined. So come with us, bring your questions,
bring your scars, bring your failures, bring
your dreams, bring the things you are asking
God to change, and have enough courage to also
pray, God, while I am waiting for you to change
what is around me, Do not leave unchanged what
needs to change within me. Because maybe the
fire was never your destination. Maybe it was
part of your preparation. Maybe you are not being
destroyed. Maybe something is being developed.
And one day, you may look back and finally understand,
God did not waste the fire. I was, I am, and
I am still being refined for a purpose. This
is Pomoja Ministry, stronger lives, deeper faith,
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at, at Pomoja9924. The journey begins here. Refined
for a purpose. You are not alone.