Day 83 · · About five minutes
The refiner's fire
Malachi 3:1–3 · King James Version
Read
1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
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God promises a messenger to prepare the way, and then the Lord's own coming. Malachi asks, 'who may abide the day of his coming?' and pictures him as a refiner who purifies silver and gold rather than throwing them away.
Pray
Lord, refine me. Burn away what is false in me and keep what is true, so that my life becomes an offering to you. Amen.
One step
Ask God to show you one motive that needs purifying, and act once today from a better one.
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