A Psalm for Today: Psalm 66:10
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.
Most of us have heard the story of a man observing a silversmith purifying silver. The artisan would heat the silver until it was liquid and then would keep raising the heat until he was able skim the impurities off the surface. He repeated this process as the impurities would have different melting points. After observing the patience of the silversmith doing this several times, the interested onlooker asked, "How do you know when it is ready?" The siversmith replied, " When I can clearly see my reflection in the silver." The trying of our faith has a maturing work as it produces perseverance. "Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. but let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete lacking nothing. James 1:3,4 As in the case of Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego, it was the fire that revealed the fourth man. Are you presently going through a fire? If you truly believe that God is working all things together for your good because you love Him and are called according to His purpose, you will come through the fire more like Jesus.
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