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What a beautiful day to behold!! Friends, today let us learn a very important fact with the help of a real time story.
The Bible says in Malachi 3:3: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
This verse puzzled me and I wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God & got the answer from my real time experience. Have you ever tried to find out the process of refining silver? Have you been curious to find out the procedure of refining?
This verse puzzled me and I wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God & got the answer from my real time experience. Have you ever tried to find out the process of refining silver? Have you been curious to find out the procedure of refining?
Here’s the process:
The silversmith holds a piece of silver over the fire and lets it heat up. The reason is that while refining silver, one needs to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames are hottest, so as to burn away all the impurities.
Just think about God holding us in such a hot spot…. as the above verse points out: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." The silversmith has to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver is being refined. He not only has to sit there holding the silver, but he has to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it is in the fire. If the silver is left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The silversmith holds a piece of silver over the fire and lets it heat up. The reason is that while refining silver, one needs to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames are hottest, so as to burn away all the impurities.
Just think about God holding us in such a hot spot…. as the above verse points out: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." The silversmith has to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver is being refined. He not only has to sit there holding the silver, but he has to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it is in the fire. If the silver is left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
Now we may think that, "How does the silversmith know when the silver is fully refined?" And the answer is so beautiful that
when the silversmith is able to SEE HIS IMAGE IN IT …then he knows that the refining of the silver is completed.
If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you. He wants to see us purified from all impurities, so He will deliberately put us through hard tests so that we will be strong and will overcome it. He wants us to be away from all wrong notions and actions.
when the silversmith is able to SEE HIS IMAGE IN IT …then he knows that the refining of the silver is completed.
If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has his eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you. He wants to see us purified from all impurities, so He will deliberately put us through hard tests so that we will be strong and will overcome it. He wants us to be away from all wrong notions and actions.
So precious friends, be thankful to the Lord for the TEARS that you receive. He has a best plan in store for you and so He wants you to abide by His will and His ways so that He will be able to complete His work of refining you.
Have a blessed day precious friends
God bless you all, Shalom : )
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