Refining Our Hearts as Christians

This past week has been Spiritual Emphasis Week at school. Our speaker, Brent, has done such a wonderful job and has led many students to take a look at their own personal walk with God- or lack there of. Brent has talked about four main points this week. The first point being what it means to "move" as a Christian. The second was about the importance of "pouring out". The third point was about refining, and the last point about having a "calloused" heart. I have thought most about the third point- refining. I think that, as Christians, we have to constantly be refining our personal lives. We need to never think that we know all there is to know about Christianity; we will never know all there is to know about God. God is constantly refining us as individuals, if we allow Him to do so. Our walk with God will increase and we will grow stronger if we are constantly refining our lives. If, however, we do not refine our lives, then our walk with God may begin to diminish- and we cannot allow that to happen. In my opinion, the refining process is one of the most important aspects to Christianity. We need to trust in God and allow Him to take us over.