Mike Burning with a Testimony

The last few months have been kind of a struggle for Mr. Mortvedt. He has been battling with some very hard self issues, mainly pride. Upon prayer from his roommates and crying out to GOD for help and humility, he found an answer:
It was Friday afternoon- the plant production floor filled with squelching heat and the smell of processing plastic. Mike was working in the "OVEN"(300 degree mold) and things were going great. A fellow engineer who was assisting Mike told him
"I think we have reached a point where we should just let it run.”
Two months late and 37,000 parts behind, all eight cavities were making parts. Two of them didn’t look as nice as the other six.
Being the perfectionist that Mike is, he decided he was going to go ahead, go the extra mile, and fix those last two. To have those last two to look like the other six. He realized later that the wiser choice would have been too heed the advice of the elder and more experienced engineer and leave it be.
Mike stopped the press for a quick second to try and fix it. Thinking everything was fine he started the press up again. Much to his dismay he saw that he had caused a bigger issue than before. He lost about 16 hours more production time because he got a little greedy.
That very same afternoon it was about time to head out for the day, but one more task was laid on his plate. Mike was assigned to start up a press and program a robot. He started the job and was doing real well. But he got to the point of working so fast and so well that he forgot to double and triple check what he was doing. Upon starting up the robot, it crashed............HARD....... we are talking 2-3 thousand dollars of damage.
Considering Mike does not usually make mistakes like this one- He was tempted. "Should I lie about it, because I could easily get away with it?"
The battle raged inside his head, but truth won."NO I can’t do that, I must tell them what really happened." he finally decided.
Trying to explain this to his boss was a more grueling task than he had hoped. When it was all said and done it came out as almost a half truth. Mike was frustrated and disappointed with himself and it was time to go home.
"GOD I prayed for you to humble me," He recalled from before the day began, "And you sure did.” He even began to laugh about how GOD had totally answered his prayer in less than 24 hours.
Upon starting his new job Mike obtained a mentality that he had "Arrived," and succeeded in his pursuit of something better. His work habits began to diminish a little bit almost making him feel lazy over the week. Not really aware that GOD was about to shake things up and wake him up to reality.

On Saturday at the Edge, a friend named Justin came and gave a profound prophetic word to Mike.
"This season of your life, a particularly hard and trying time, is OVER!" Justin proclaimed.
"Because you have seen what life is like- without GOD being the complete center of it. And you have realized that you do not want to live that way. GOD has heard your cry. And this season will never happen again in your life."
Feeling completely relieved Mike began to just thank the LORD that His mercy was upon him. A little while later Justin came back and had a word of knowledge that there was a python spirit trying to attack Mike. Enraged at what was happening, Justin took authority in Christ and cut it off and out of his friend’s life. Mike went to bed that night, grateful for what had happened and praising GOD for it. He had one of the most restful and peaceful nights he had for a very long time.
Upon waking up he thought, "YEAH… It is good to be alive." He has had a very hard refining process over the last few months. But he believes that GOD has really completed some good work in him and begun working on other things as well.

Remember always......... “Seek ye first the kingdom of GOD and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Matthew 6:33
-by a recently humbled man