BLACKSMITH’S HAMMER
Samuel Chadwick said that when he was a boy he used to spend time at the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith would hold a large piece of iron in the fire with the tongs until it was white-hot. Then removing it from the fire and laying it on the anvil, he would give a tap with a small hammer. Immediately a big fellow on the other side would come down hard with a sledge hammer, hitting the iron on the exact spot where the blacksmith had just tapped it. Chadwick said, “You don’t do much good with that little hammer, do you?” The blacksmith laughed and replied, “No, my boy, but I show that big fellow where to place the blow.” God gave Satan permission to afflict Job. But even when Satan is holding the sledge, his blow is guided by our loving heavenly Father who is always in control. The Lord sometimes shapes his saints on the devil’s anvil.
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