Malachi 3:3
He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver;
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And purge them as gold and silver,
That they may offer to the LORD
An offering in righteousness.
He will purify the sons of Levi,
And purge them as gold and silver,
That they may offer to the LORD
An offering in righteousness.
Precious metals in their raw form are not pure. When you’re out mining for gold it’s not bright and shiny as seen on TV Westerns. Gold has no luster until it has been refined. Silver the same as gold looks like an undesirable rock in its raw form. Purifying gold, brings gold its value. Placing gold in a furnace, reducing it to a liquid form; removing its impurities, brings gold its value. You know gold is pure when you look at it and you can see your face.
As it was with the sons of Levi, so it is with us, God’s desire is to purify us to remove the impurities of our lives. That can only happen when we submit ourselves to the refining power of the Holy Spirit. Today when your life gets a little heated, and the gold begins to be refined, will others see the cloudy face of your reflection, or will they see the face of Jesus shining through you.
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