And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. Numbers 31:21–24 The spoils the Israelites had taken from the Midiantes - the gold, silver, brass, and iron - were to be purified by fire and water. So too, in the war we wage daily, everything we have, everything we are must be purified by the trials of fire and by the truth of the water of the Word. I will not know what is gold, silver, and precious stones versus what is wood, hay, and stubble in my life until I go through trials, for they alone reveal to me where my heart is. “Abraham, take your son, your only son whom you love, and offer him as a sacrifice to Me,” God said. Abraham obeyed, took Isaac to Mount Moriah, put him on the altar, and was ready to plunge the knife in his hand into the chest of his son (Genesis 22:1–10). “Lay not thine hand upon the lad,” God then said, “neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from Me” (Genesis 22:12). The result of this incredible trial: Abraham knew that God knew that he loved God more than he loved his son. How are we purified? By the water of the Word (Psalm 119:9). And we’ll see the results by how we react in the trials we face. ~ Jon Courson
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 01:58:40 +0000
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