Holy Heart
"...so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints." (1 Thessalonians 3:13 NKJV) It is not possible for anyone to be invaded with affliction and distress, like the Thessalonian believers, and stay standing still. Although affliction would either move a man farther away from God or move him nearer to God, no saint of God gets established in holiness without the surgical experience of pain. Wickedness is rooted in the heart of man; and affliction appears to be the trusted tool that can expose its nakedness for possible divine intervention. Anyone is capable of wearing a sanctimonious look in an inviting environment, only a heart that remain blameless in an hostile climate is holy.