Making Rough Edges Smooth
Job tells us, “The waters wear the stones.” God’s way of smoothing the stones is by using the water to make them collide with each other. It takes a long time to accomplish this. That is, to rub off those sharp corners, thereby making them smooth.
Have you ever heard the old adage, “He rubs me the wrong way?” If we only realized what God is doing in our lives, we wouldn’t make such foolish statements. He is actually taking a lot of time with us, allowing other stones to rub off our “rough edges.” This friction is necessary, this is God’s way. Ask Jacob about Laban.
You remember when David went to the brook; it was five “smooth” stones he chose to kill Goliath (the other four being for Goliath’s brothers). Imagine in that prolonged process of preparation, when other stones were colliding constantly with it, smoothing off those rough edges, did that little stone ever dream it would be used to bring down a giant? Nor do we, my friend.
by an Aged Saint