![]() ![]() And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. There is a day when the Refiner of Silver and Gold (see Malachi 3:3) looks into the crucible of our afflictions and sees only His own reflection instead of all that soulish dross that is mixed in with it, because our God is a consuming fire.īeloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. It is the “afterwards” that He is after (see Hebrews 12:11) even though this dark time in our lives seems to never end. It is here that all dependence on our natural abilities is stripped away and all we can do is throw ourselves on the mercy and grace of God, even when He seems far away. ![]() Our Father has a process that He puts many of us through of which the above verse speaks. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
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