The death of our ideas is the birthing place of his purpose. God works in crushing, and it pleased him to bruise it. It pleased God to bruise us, not because he is sadistic, not because we are masochistic. It pleases him to bruise us because he knows that the end result will put us in a state where we can no longer ferment, where we can handle the setback, a disappointment, where we can handle a hurt. See, wine doesn't spoil. It will last for years and years and years in the dark, in the basement, in the cellar because it's been through enough crushing to endure time. And you can tell when a person has been crushed, because they are survivors. People who have been crushed are survivors.
All you need is what's in you.
If God is inside of you, all crushing will do is push him out. And might I add this final remark: if Satan were smart, he would never push, because if he never pushed me, I wouldn't secrete the glory. If you never push me, I would have never found out who I was. If you never push me, I would have never found out what I could do. If you never pushed me, I would have never found out what I could be. But the more we are afflicted, the Bible says, the more we grow, so if you feel like you're being afflicted, and if you feel like you're dying, and if you feel like he's pushing on you, hang in there. The best is yet to come.
Have a Blessed Day!