God refines us like gold

Of course, none of us would be satisfied to possess gold in its raw state. The united states abandoned the gold standard in 1933. And thats exactly what god intends when he allows trials to enter your life. As i live, says the lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to god. But sometimes its not in the eyepopping, wow things, but rather the littles and every day situations where god refines us in his righteous ways.

We go through the heat, trials, dark night of the soul for god to separate the impurities the world and mature us in the faith so that we are not ruled by our. It is important for us to realize first of all, that god wants us to become like his son our lord jesus christ, but it. When god is taking us through such a time, it is not to. And he will not stop until he sees his image in us. Your faith is more precious than gold, and by passing the test, it gives praise, glory, and honor to god. I read recently about a group of women who were studying the book of malachi. One day, jesus spoke of the value god places on his children. God refines us through sufferingand we often think big at the mention. Letting god refine the gold in you the graceful life.

In the book of malachi, god sent the prophet to deliver a message of hope that still applies to his people today. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears. How god refines us and makes us more capable life model. Joy through the fiery test of genuine faith desiring god. Israel in malachis day is immature and childishly obstinate. The refiners fire a lesson from the process of refining fire in our. When all the impurities are gone, you have 24karat gold the most valuable grade. I will refine them like silver, he says, and test them like gold zech. It is then that impurities begin to come up to the surface as a dirty film.

In our suffering, he refines us like gold or silver, so that we can offer the due sacrifice of our lives to the lord. It melts down the bar of silver or gold, separates out the impurities that ruin its. Most people think that when the bible says that god tests us that he is checking to see how strong we are. Many people dont like the look of white gold without the plating. What a great picture of how god works in our lives. He is blind to god at work in his life and in the lives of others. Even when the heat of pain intensifies, our refiner will stay with usnever leaving us. God commanded moses to have the israelites build a tabernacle, a portable structure, also called sanctuary, for him. From this, we learn that he uses the heat of life to purify us into a pure picture of him. He said, dont be afraid of those who want to kill your body. For he is like a refiners fire and like fullers soap. The higher the percentage of foreign substances in gold, the more susceptible the gold is to corrosion and corruption. Gold, when extracted from the earth, does not look like gold we find in a jewelry store. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the lord.

You have refined us in the same way silver is refined. Here are 6 reasons why the lord allows trials and put us through trials. I know, silver and gold cant feel, but just bear with me on this one. The refiners fire sermon by andy grossman, malachi 3. This unforgettable allegory is meant to help us understand the purpose beyond our painto conform us to the character of christ. He must be a like a refiners because we need to be refined. God uses heat to refine us, show his reflection in us. It melts down the bar of silver or gold, separates out the impurities that ruin its value, burns them up, and leaves the silver and gold intact. The bible uses the imagery of gold being refined as a picture of what god does in our lives. God is more concerned about shaping and refining our attitudecharacter in the midst of our trials, then changing our circumstances just to make us happy. These rings look like they may have a rhodium plating. The god who refines church of christ at fairview park. We want pure gold, that which has been tested by fire and its worth proven. In so many places the bible tells us that the free gift of god is eternal life.

The bible also uses the process of making silver as an example of what it is like for god to refine us. The woman thought about god holding us in such a hot spot then she thought again about the verse, that he sits as a refiner and purifier of silver. Daddy god will refine us and make us more like jesus. Ive seen a couple of shows where they show how they refine gold. But god wants us to know what he is doing in this season so that we can properly respond to it.

As you read through the passages to follow, take time to hear what god is saying, to see where he is refining you and changing your emotional, spiritual, and physical life to purest gold. The refiners fire a lesson from the process of refining. Refining womens ministry meets the 2nd saturday of each month from 10am to 12pm. He is trying to get us to repent, which is what chastening is all about the laodicean has the same problem. The process is what changes us into the person that god wants us to be. The process of the refining of gold means putting the gold dust in a crucible and heating it until it melts. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold.

In both the old and new testaments, we find numerous references to the refining of gold and silver. Letting god refine the gold in you the graceful life ashley varner. Faith tested by fire retains its nature, like gold. Difficulties often bring the worst in us to the surface. He wants to prepare us for truer service and higher offerings. He will purify the sons of levi and refine them like gold and silver. And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. A refiners fire does not consume completely like the fire of an incinerator. For he will be like a refiners fire, like the soapmakers lye. A letter on lifes trials gods refining fire from june hunt hope. Only god knows what issues, habits, concepts, weaknesses need to be refined and what strengths need to be built for us to move to the next level without hurting ourselves or others.

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faithmore precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by firemay be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of jesus christ. Gold, in the raw, does not look like gold we find in a jewelry store. Like gold, that does not react with its surroundings or decay into something worthless. Then the lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness malachi 3. For he will be like a refiners fire or a launderers soap. How often we serve god in our own strength, bringing him our own puny offerings. And since gods goal in our sanctification is that we become like his son, the refiners seeing his reflection in the melted metal is a beautiful illustration of our gods refining and purifying us until were conformed to the image of his son. The refiner then takes a ladle to scoop off these impurities and discards them. Devotion refined like gold david silvester seeds of. God chose each of us in the rawlike an unrefined chunk of ore.

We went through fire and through water, yet you brought us out into a place of abundance. God likes gold the uses and value of gold in the bible. He is not using a refining process like the one that purifies silver. I want us to be growing every single day so that whenever we look back a year from now, we can say, i have grown in christ and i can see how. The god who refines by jacob hudgins he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the lordmalachi 3.

I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed. Just like the metal, these things tarnish our hearts, making them less pure less malleable and less useable by god. In gods design, our distresses are like the fire that refines gold from its impurities. Aramaic bible in plain english for you have tried us, god, and you have proved us like silver is tried. Who in their right mind wants to drag around chunks of rock. God loves us too much to leave us as we are because. Because god desires for us to be clean and uncorrupted, he allows us to enter the heat of trials that will remove our impurities. Just as the silversmith refines his precious metal in the fire, god refines his precious children in the adversities of life. The melting liquid shows our need to yield to the process. The heat of such a process would burn us to a crisp.

God has to remove the impurities from our lives that hold us back from going all the way with him. Faith tested by fire is faith given by god truth immutable. The bible often uses the imagery of gold being refined as a picture of what god does in our lives. So then each of us will give an account of himself to god. In both the old and new testaments, we find numerous references to god s refining his children through fiery trials in much the same way an earthly refiner uses fire to purify gold and silver. God desires to turn his children from rough, hardedged stones into gems of gold and silver. God said of the children of israel that he will put them in the fire so that he may refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. The process of refining and purifying gold is analogous to the process god desires to put us. The challenges of life apply a cleansing heat to pride, bad attitude, and selfishness. We must hunger and thirst for him we must stop resisting him.

The refiners fire august 26, 2007 he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. It was once said that the american dollar was as good as gold. Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. Then the lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, and the offerings of judah and jerusalem will be acceptable to the lord, as in days gone by, as in former years. We encourage, inspire, and support eachother through our every day trials, as god refines us through the fire. Sometimes god allows suffering in our lives for our holiness and happiness. 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. First, god wants to give us something imperishable. The refiner then takes it off the top so when the gold cools, its pure.

Then they will present offerings to the lord in righteousness. Too often we push into or are pushed into roles, responsibilities, and challenges that we havent been prepared for by god. Sometimes we forget that the process is what matures us as christians. I believe that this is his agenda for the church right now and that we have entered a season of. How does god refines us like gold god refines us through. When that happens, the impurities come to the surface. Refining womens ministry real people, real life, real god.