Malachi 3:3 says:
'He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.'
This verse puzzled some women in a
Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and
nature of God.
One of the women offered to find out the process of
refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study. That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an
appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason
for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining Silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of
silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver,
one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were
hottest as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman
thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about
the verse that says: 'He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver'. She asked
the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire
the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not
only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the
silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too
long in the flames, it would be destroyed. The woman was silent for a moment.
Then she asked the silversmith, 'How do you know when the silver is fully
refined?' He smiled at her and answered, 'Oh, that's easy --"when I see my
image in it!!!'
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!
Pass this good
news on right now. This very moment, someone needs to know that God is watching
over them. And, whatever they're going through, they'll be a better person in
the end because HE will not leave them in the situation for too long to be
destroyed by the fires of this world.
God bless you
Give Him Your
body.
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