For our last material this week, we are looking at Diamond – probably the hardest material that exists. The property of hardness means that when cut and polished into exotic shapes it looks beautiful and doesn’t wear down. It is also used synthetically as a hard material to make cutting tools for machining any material.
We understand that the diamonds we find in mines today were created by compressing Carbon in the form of graphite (like the lead in a pencil) with extreme pressure and heat deep inside the earth, and have come close to the surface as a result of movements of molten rock or magma.
Diamond is rare, precious, tough and virtually unbreakable. Disciples also need to be tough to keep shape in the face of the wear and tear of life.
When faced with the pressure to conform to the standards of the world, do you bend and flow to adopt the shape the world would push you into? Or do you have a solid and tough character which is stable under intense friction or collision?
Are you a diamond in the rough? Or have you been cut and polished like a precious jewel? Can you keep your character untainted in a world of conflict and un-Godly standards?
Lord, help me to be tough when I am faced with the pressure that would mould me into the shape of the world. Keep me precious and close to you. In Jesus name, Amen
Dave MacLellan
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