Proverbs 17
As our church embarks on a capital campaign my generosity and trust in the Lord is once again tested...and so it is appropriate that God chooses to reveal to me scripture that help with discernment, obedience, and trust.
Commentary here also references:
Malachi 3:2
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.
1 Peter 1:7
These [trials] have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire —may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Today I must ask myself what impurities is God trying to remove from me and what is he trying to reveal?
My Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are more precious and valuable than any gold, silver or any other earthly treasure. You create all earthly things and You use all people and things for Your glory - which is magnificent! I on the other hand I am mere human and full of faults, including disobedience to the most important law - love the Lord Your God with all your heart, mind and soul. I am not sure I do this. I thank You that You love me anyway but I please ask Your forgiveness Jesus. Build my faith and trust in You.
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the Lord tests the heart. v3
but the Lord tests the heart. v3
As our church embarks on a capital campaign my generosity and trust in the Lord is once again tested...and so it is appropriate that God chooses to reveal to me scripture that help with discernment, obedience, and trust.
Commentary here also references:
Malachi 3:2
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.
1 Peter 1:7
These [trials] have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire —may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Today I must ask myself what impurities is God trying to remove from me and what is he trying to reveal?
My Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are more precious and valuable than any gold, silver or any other earthly treasure. You create all earthly things and You use all people and things for Your glory - which is magnificent! I on the other hand I am mere human and full of faults, including disobedience to the most important law - love the Lord Your God with all your heart, mind and soul. I am not sure I do this. I thank You that You love me anyway but I please ask Your forgiveness Jesus. Build my faith and trust in You.
