Pro 17:3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
The refiners of silver have their fining ( refining) pots in which they purify the silver from the worthless metal. The Goldsmiths too have their heat resistant containers to melt and purify their gold. It is only after the purification process that the true worth of the silver and gold can be determined.
But as the refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, so are the hearts of God’s people tried and purified by him in the furnace of trials and affliction . All our works are to be tested by fire to determine what type of work they are. Those works that remain are rewarded.
God allows all kinds of trials to come upon us in order to test and make strong our faith. By means of trials, God can tell whether our faith is genuine or not. The trials that we face are not for our harm but for our good . Don’t give up because of one bad chapter of your life. Keep going. Your story does not end here ( Anonymous) .Zech 13:9 I will bring the one–third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’;And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’
Further readings:
Psa 26:2
1Pe 1:6,7
Jam 1:2-4
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