The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain the refining goes on, for the wicked are not removed. Rejected silver they are called, for the Lord has rejected them. Jeremiah 6:29-30 – The prophet Jeremiah was given a symbolic title from the Lord, a tester of metals. The idea was that Israel was to be tested by the fire. Israel claimed itself to be a precious metal, so the Lord was to put them in the furnace to see what came out of the other end. Would it be a refined metal, glorious and useful? Or would it be dross, just the rejected part of the metals that are thrown away for it is useless for anything. The image of our verses show that the furnace burned wildly, so much so that all the extra metals put inside to help the process along was burned up. What’s seen though is this whole process was in vain, the end result wasn’t something precious but rejected metal that was of no use to the Lord. Israel’s sin and rejection of God’s word resulted in such an outcome of the refining process. The Lord’s people had all the parts to come out beautiful and precious through the fire, but their choice to hold onto their sin led them instead to the dross result. As the Lord allows us to go through fires in life, let them be an opportunity for us to lay aside the sins we’ve been clinging to. The result of these fires in our life can be renewing to our life if they result is less sin governing our story, yet the result can be like that of our passage if we choose to remain clinging to sin. If God is allowing your life to be put under the flames, know the intention is our refinement. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3235
Question To Ponder: Why would God care so much about our refinement?
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