After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. 11To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.1Peter5-10.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.Isaiah43-2
When you pass through the fire of trials and tribulations, remember one thing that God is preparing you for greatness.
Either we can get discouraged and bitter in our trials, or we can come out as GOLD.
Job said in the book of Job 23:10 -
".....When he has tried me, I shall come out as gold"
Only MELTED gold is MINTED.
When gold is melted its reduced in size, but its pure. All the impurities separate in the fire.
Three Hebrew boys were cast into fiery furnace, by king Nebuchadnezzar. They were bound hands and feet and cast into the furnace which was seven times hotter than usual.
I love this scripture . Read this.....
Dan 3:24-25-
"Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?”
They answered and said to the king, “True, O king". "Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”
The only thing that was burnt in the fire were their bond-ages on their hands and feet.
You may be going thorough some fire in your life. Remember this....
- There is an end to this Trial
- You will come out as Gold
- Jesus walks with you in the midst of your fire
- The only thing that will burn is your bond ages
- You went into the fire as a condemned Slave but you will come out as a Promoted Prince . The trial and fire is to make you a better and more productive person.
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