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The Brazen Altar

Someone might have told you this or you may have heard someone say "Don't cry for spilt milk, Clover is on its way".  When one is faced with situations it seems like you're losing everything that you've worked tirelessly for and just when you thought that all is falling into place, it all falls apart.

The Brazen Altar is an Altar of burnt offering, the place where natural, earthly things that hinder your walk with God are consumed by the fire of God. Not only is it a place of sacrifice but a preparation stage for the best. The best thing with facing challenges is knowing that the best is yet to come.

Even though we are made of flesh but when one goes through fire we ought to be the steel in the fire that still stands when ashes remain. We lose things that may have meant the world to us although we don't know that they are sacrifices for things to come that will mean the universe. 

Holding on to things won't make things better if one wants what's best. It is said that we don't know what we have until it's gone, and it doesn't only apply for the good things. We see the worth of the sacrifice when something better comes along.

One thing that I'm still learning is that in life we lose what we love most without knowing that prolonging its company won't make life any better compared to the latter reward. Allow the presence of the Brazen Altar in your life, for it gives you the strength to grow and know that the best is still yet to come.

"Prolonging it won't make it your belonging." - Goitsemang Sandra Mvula
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