If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. (Ecclesiastes 10:10)


Sharp instruments are always a joy to use. They are characterised by effectiveness, ease of use and getting jobs done according to the dictates of the user. A sharp knife takes stress off the woman in the kitchen, a sharp cutlass cuts and devours the grass with each skilful sway, and the work goes smoothly. The same is true for the vessel in whom God dwells, he is sharp and effective in the hands of the Lord, what a blessing it is to daily gladden His heart.

"If the iron be blunt..."

Bluntness is a normal occurrence, and it is bound to occur in the lives of sharp men who neglect replenishment, and do not submit to the rigour of re-sharpening. Due to continual usage of a once-sharp vessel without re-sharpening, the iron soon gets blunt. With every use and every duty perform...
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There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. (1 Corinthians 15:41)


All the things that God created have their own differing glories and beauties. There is a glory of the sun, and there is the glory of the moon. But the two of them, though glorious, beautiful and shinning in their individual strengths, have both different power and effect upon the earth. Stars give light, so does the sun, but their kinds of light is different, their tastes, effects and purposes too are different one from the other. Think of it like this:- there are different kinds of food, there is yam, and there is honey, the two are sweet in the mouth, but the taste and effect of one is completely different from that of the other. You cannot compare the sweetness or effect of one to the other, even though you call the two of them 'sweet'.
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Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: [Song of Solomon 1:6a AKJV]

Don’t look down on me, you city girls, just because my complexion is so dark, the sun has tanned me... [Song of Solomon 1:6a TLB]

"...I am black...the sun hath looked upon me"

Here is a man/woman who was once beautiful, whose face always shone, anybody who looked at him/her immediately saw a reflecting glory, an indescribable beauty that was worth craving for. She was a woman of the indoors, she spent her life in the closet where no harsh rays of the sun could reach, she dwelt in quietness and seclusion where the sun could not scorch her, she never came out while the hot sun shined, her glory and beauty was always fresh in her,

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand (Job 29:20)

The freshness she alway...
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