Using the Sword

You know how the word of my King is supposed to be our sword against whatever bad things and boogeymen that are against us?




It's true. Just that not everyone can use it well. The handle doesn't exactly fit all the time.

Talking about handles or sword hilts, I went to a katana-forging website out of curiosity and realised that forging one isn't as easy as it seems. You need to do a lot of processes, some including the folding of the metal bar at the very beginning to form kawagane steel that gives the blade it's distinctive edges. The folding is required for multiple times before there is an acceptable piece of metal there for forging. (Details are too...detailed, so I won't be allowed the pleasure of explaining it. Too bad.)

It seems similar in a way, how we should keep doing certain things over and over again to ensure that our blade is strong, sharp and yet not brittle. That's the reason why we keep reading the Word. That's the reason why believers keep going back to church, listening to the same verses yet receiving new blessings and revelations.

Even after that, we still need to shape the blade, do a clay covering, do the quenching, do the sizing, then apply the finish. The next process comes with fitting the blade into the right handle and saya (scabbard).

Tough? Yeah, I know. But many are still doing it.

Upon knowing that my King dislikes people to stop trying, I would think that this is what it means to continuously forge your own blade to fight against your giants.

Sometimes as you go through trials (the heat during the quenching), we need to apply important aspects of the Word to pull us through (clay covering). We need to try to set a balance to size our priorities accordingly (sizing). Are we going to make the blade small or large according to our problems?

We need to apply the finish, in that we will be able to make full use of the Word through refinement of our own spiritual walk with the King. Not everyone is able to do this completely, but it's a process.

Next comes the handle - Are we using the wrong size for the handle? Is the Word appropriate? Then the saya - Are we able to keep it sheathed and draw it out when needed instead of recklessly waving it around?

Just an insight...