Malachi 3:3
"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver."
"A good refiner never leaves the crucible but, as the above verse indicates, 'will sit' down by it so the fire will not become even one degree too hot and possibly harm the metal. And as soon as he skims the last bit of dross from the surface and sees his face reflected in the pure metal, he extinguishes the fire."
-Streams in the Desert
What I find so interesting about this devotional is that it points out such an important fact;"...and sees his face reflected in the pure metal, he extinguishes the fire."
God pushes us in that way. We struggle and fight. Kick, scream, freak out and worry. God continues to throw situations our way. Circumstances unforeseen, things that push our limits, stretching every fiber in our being until we think we are going to break.
Then, like a HUGE sigh of relief, He blows out the fire; as He looks into us and "sees his face reflected."
It's remarkable that he knows our limits when we ourselves have the slightest. He knows how far to take it to crack us wide open for our light to shine like his.
Praise you Lord that you care so much!
(kinda cheesy, but you get the idea)
Matthew 5:16
2 Cor 4:6
Psalm 37:6
Daniel 12:3
Phil 2:15
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