EMPOWERING LIVES WITH PURPOSE:
God purifies us using trials, suffering, and specific situations to cleanse and refine us. He does this both spiritually and physically. It ultimately leads us closer to holiness and righteousness.
I’m so thankful that God purified me and showed me through my disobedience how I was headed down a lonely path for the rest of my life. But God. He used situations and suffering to get my attention.
God is like a metal refiner; He uses trials and hardships to remove impurities and refine us, making us more valuable and pure. It couldn’t be more true of my life. I thank Him for His mercy and grace to see me valuable enough to Him, that He would see me where I was.
1 Peter 1:7: “That the genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even when tested by fire—may be found to bring praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”
I could cry looking at this scripture. He loves us THAT MUCH!
Malachi 3:2-3: “For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like a fuller’s soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will be offerings to the Lord in righteousness.”
God has “washed us clean” through the blood of Jesus! He purifies our hearts when we are reconciled to Him.
Look to God to purify you in all ways and to the Word of God as a cleansing shower that shows you what you need to be changed into.