12/30 Reading - Thoughts & Comments DX3

30-Dec Malachi 3, 1 Thes. 3-4, Psalms 16-20, Proverbs 30

Mal 3:1-5 (NIV) 1 "See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the Lord Almighty. 2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap. 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, 4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years. 5 "So I will come near to you for judgment. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive aliens of justice, but do not fear me," says the Lord Almighty.

I love this scripture. It tells how the Lord comes into our lives and refines us like gold or silver.  He IS a consuming fire, and He comes to purify our lives, bringing judgment against the old man, the old way, and the old fraud in our lives.  The old sinner can't stand a chance against the fires of God as he burns up the sorcerer, the perjurers, the fraud, the oppressor, and the unjust.  God heats up the gold and silver, and the dross comes to the top.  Then God skims it and makes the gold and silver more pure and valuable.

Lord, PURGE and CLEANSE us with your powerful Holy Spirit, and come to us as a refiner's fire to purify us by your CONSUMING FIRE!  As we come to a close of this year, Lord please purify our lives, our way, our goals, and our future.      

Tomorrow's Reading:
31-Dec Malachi 4, 1 Thes. 5, Psalms 21-25, Proverbs 31

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