DEEPER Daily Devotional
Thursday, 13th November 2025
Topic: You Carry His Glory
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-17
If you put wood in a furnace, it will be burnt up. If you put gold in the same furnace, it will be refined. The wood would lose value in the furnace, while the gold gains value. The problem is not the furnace but the quality of the material introduced into it.
Nebuchadnezzar put three boys in a furnace heated 7 times because of their faith in God. The furnace was so hot that those who were throwing the boys inside it were killed. These three boys got into the furnace and had a divine visitation from the “fourth man.” God showed up, and they came out of the furnace with a testimony. The same experience that killed others rather brought them promotion. What you carry within you is what determines how you go through life’s experiences.
The times we live in can be compared to a furnace because there is so much “heat” and pressure. People are going through tough and painful moments. But the problem is not the furnace, but the quality of the person going through it. Some are like wood, burnt and destroyed by the furnace. But for those who live by God’s word, they are like gold. The tougher things get, the greater their testimony, because the glory of God within them is revealed. The quality of their lives is not based on human opinion or feelings but simply on their faith in God. If you are a child of God, the furnace is not your problem. It is your environment to showcase the glory of God within you.
Prayer: Father, You created me as a vessel of Your glory. Therefore, I walk in faith knowing that every experience of life will bring out Your glory in me.
Written by : Elorm Mensa
