Dec
29

The Refiner’s Fire

Back when I was in the midst of receiving Jackson’s Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy diagnosis, I kept thinking about this story.
The one about the refiner’s fire.
I will summarize below:
“As they watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up.

He explained, “in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.”

Asking the silversmith,
 “is it true that you have to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined?”
The man answered “yes…”
He not only had to sit there holding the silver,
but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire.
For if the silver was left a moment too long in the flames,
it would be destroyed.
The person was silent for a moment
and then asked the silversmith,
“How do you know when the silver is fully refined?”
He smiled at her and answered,“Oh, that’s easy — when I see my image in it.”

What a simple yet profound story, right?

I’ve felt that lately God is holding me in that hot spot, right in the heat of the flame.
But I am holding tight to the fact that he has his eye on me, that he is there for me and will not let it destroy me.
It is all part of his plan to make me more into who I should be, more Christlike.
I know that sometimes he puts us in OVERWHELMING circumstances.
Because that is why we’re here.
We’re here to be tested,
to show who we really are,
what we will do,
if we will stand or if we will fall.
refinersfire

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