Mal 3:1-3 BEHOLD, I send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], Whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger {or} Angel of the covenant, Whom you desire, behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts. 2 But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the priests, the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness.
Refining is a process by which everything else is removed and only the pure metal remains. It is a process through putting a metal over the fire until it is liquid form which can be drawn all the dross. In the Bible, it says that Jesus will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and He will purify us. His very presence judges our dross and burns it away. Some time ago, I have observed how a silversmith sits while the work of refining is going on. He sits while His eyes are steadily fixed on the furnace because if the time necessary for the refining process exceeds, the silver will be injured. The refining process is complete when a silversmith sees his image reflected in the silver or gold. Likewise, Jesus puts us into furnace to purify us. Even it is painful and hard for us, He is still in control. He sits and His eyes are steadily fixed on us. He is faithful and He will not let us be tempted and tried beyond what we can bear. And He will not stop until He sees His image in us. Daddy God will refine us and make us more like Jesus.
Romans 8:35 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
“Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.” 1 Peter 4:16
Daddy God’s fire is painful. His fire consumes and destroys the rebellious people but as for us Christians, we will come up better, stronger and purer. We should prefer to be refined now by His fire than to undergo a worse burning later in the fires of hell. The refining process is to remove the dross or the impurity in us. We should know that the reason why Daddy God bring us through the fire is to make us more Christlike. Daddy God’s desire is that we be holy as He is holy. His intent is not to destroy us but to purify us. The sufferings and trials that He allows for Christians are intended to mold their character to be more like Him. He allows it with a purpose. He will not stop the refining process and He will not spare us any pain until we become like Jesus.
Luke 22:28 And you are those who have remained [throughout] {and} persevered with Me in My trials;
John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
When we are going through the Refiner’s furnace, it is hot, it is painful, it is lonely and we may wonder if we are going to survive through the fire. But when we walk through the fire, we will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon us because He is with us. We should not run from the fire. We should allow Daddy God to work in our lives and allow Him to remove that which is impure. Some of us are complaining to God and many are asking Him why they are encountering difficult things. Instead of complaining, we should learn from the tough times. Instead of resisting, we must thank Him because Daddy God is refining us. He loves us as His sons and daughters and He corrects and disciplines whom He loves. As a Father, Daddy God wants us to grow up into maturity. He doesn’t want us to remain weak and immature. He wants us to be a conquering soldier and an overcomer.
Zech 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will hear {and} answer them. I will say, It is My people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Acts 14:22 “strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”
ALL GLORY TO GOD!
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