February 9, 2011
The Dross Purged
"I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, `This is My people,' and each one will say, `The Lord is my God.'"
~ Zechariah 13:9
"Grace transmutes us into precious metal, and then the fire and the furnace follow as a necessary consequence. Would we sooner be accounted worthless that we might enjoy repose, like the stones of the field? No, Lord, we will gladly be cast into the furnace rather than be cast out from Your presence!
The fire only refines, it does not destroy. We are to be brought through the fire, not left in it. The Lord values His people as silver, and therefore He is at pains to purge away their dross. If we are wise, we will welcome the refining process.
O Lord, You test us indeed! We are ready to melt under the fierceness of the flame. Still, this is Your way and Your way is the best. Sustain us under the trial and complete the process of our purifying, and we will be Yours forever." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)
The Dross Purged
"I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, `This is My people,' and each one will say, `The Lord is my God.'"
~ Zechariah 13:9
The fire only refines, it does not destroy. We are to be brought through the fire, not left in it. The Lord values His people as silver, and therefore He is at pains to purge away their dross. If we are wise, we will welcome the refining process.
O Lord, You test us indeed! We are ready to melt under the fierceness of the flame. Still, this is Your way and Your way is the best. Sustain us under the trial and complete the process of our purifying, and we will be Yours forever." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)
PLEASE PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH ME THIS AFTER NOON. OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD. FORGIVE US OF ALL OUR SINS, OUR DEBTS, AND OUR TRESPASSES AGAINST YOU AND MAN. AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO ARE INDEBTED TO US, AND THOSE WHO HAVE TRESPASSED AGAINST US. AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM ALL EVIL:FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE HONOR, AND THE GLORY, FOREVER. IT IS IN CHRIST JESUS' PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN!
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