Zerah Kuyenzeka Mhlanga

“If you burn away the impurities from silver, a sterling vessel will emerge from the fire.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭25‬:‭4‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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As a follower of Christ, I’m learning some truths behind pain daily, and…

Okay, let’s start here. I’m yet to officially start my real fitness journey neh 🙈😌 but I’ve been doing research, and apparently if you actually want to burn fat, jogging alone is not enough.

Not just dancing. Not just cardio.

You need resistance training.

Weights. Pressure. Resistance.

Something that activates your muscles and places them under tension so your body can burn what is unnecessary and make room for strength.

And immediately, I thought:

God… You really are intentional.

Because what ignites the purifying fire in our lives?

You guessed it:

Resistance.

Opposition.
Trials.
Stretching seasons.
The very things we try so hard to avoid.

No wonder scripture tells us to rejoice in trials, because suffering is never wasted when God is involved.

Not because pain feels good neh😭

But because resistance produces something comfort never could:

Strength. Capacity. Endurance. Christlikeness.

And maybe that’s why following Jesus sometimes feels heavy.

Because God isn’t just trying to bless you,

He’s building the version of you that can carry the blessing well.

The Lord Jesus said:

“Truly I tell you… no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age… along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.” (Mark 10:29–30)

Did you catch that?

The blessing comes…

and the persecutions too.

Why?

Because greater calling requires greater capacity.

Greater stewardship requires greater strength.

And strength is built through resistance.

And here’s what got me:

Resistance training burns fat.

The unnecessary weight starts leaving so real muscle can form.

And spiritually?

I think resistance does the same.

Because unnecessary things take up room for necessary things.

And some things must burn away.

Pride.

Anger.

Stubbornness.

Unbelief.

Comparison.

Complacency.

Excuses.

Procrastination.

Timidity.

Even spiritual gluttony 😭 Creating insufficiency in the simple yet powerful gospel of the Cross of Christ.

(Uze ungasati nekutsi which doctrine/ revelation to follow until you end up discouraged and spiritually exhausted.)

Yah neh.

Some things are not meant to stay.

Because resistance comes to burn away everything that delays us, everything that competes with intimacy, everything that doesn’t look like Christ.

Not to destroy us—

but to make room.

Room for maturity.

Room for wisdom.

Room for greater stewardship.

Room for deeper communion.

And room to carry well; not just for ourselves, but even for generations after us, basikhandze sivutsa, singcwele, sitsandza iNkhosi.

What a sweet communion with Christ this is.

To know Him in suffering.

To know Him in joy.

To know Him in stretching.

To know Him in abundance.

Because somehow, mysteriously, beautifully—

all things really do work together for our good as we grow to know Christ more deeply.

So maybe stop asking:

“Why the resistance?”

And start asking:

“Lord, what strength are You building in me through this?”

Keep on believing.
Keep on fighting the good fight of faith.
Keep on resisting the enemy.
The burning is making room.

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