Gold and silver are tested in a red-hot furnace, but we are tested by praise.
Proverbs 27: 21
When other people praise you, you are tempted to simply sit back and enjoy the complementary words. What you may not realize is that when you are praised, you are tested like gold and silver in a fire.
If you honestly listen to praise, you will see that praise from other people rarely if ever is completely true! The man or woman they say you are is not the person you and God know you to be! You know all your weaknesses and temptations, while other people do not! Others may believe that you are the perfect person, but you know that you are simply a “sinner who is saved by the Grace of God” through the Blood of Jesus Christ.
A wise man once told me this: When someone praises you, forget about it! But when someone criticizes you, think about it and ask yourself if there is any truth in those words. If there is, then correct the error of your way!
So then, criticism and correction can be a greater blessing in your life than praise!
“Lord Jesus, thank You for loving me enough to show me how to be more like You and to empower me to change my life by Your Holy Spirit! You are the only one worthy of Praise and so I Praise Your Holy Name now and forever. Amen.”
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