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Friday
Tale - Purified Silver
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.
~ from Jim Gentil
We all, who with
unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his
image with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord.
~ 2 Corinthians 3:18
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