“The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
but the LORD test the heart.”
Proverbs 17:3
but the LORD test the heart.”
Proverbs 17:3
You alone test my heart, to place it in the furnace of your love and to purify it. Like a precious metal so my heart is in your hands, full of impurity from the life I have lived, but slowing being refined by Your fire into Your image. Who can understand Your ways? Who is wise enough to know the plans You have for our lives? Are not all things in Your hands, are not all circumstances ordained by You Sovereign Lord? I often believe that You are in control when things are easy-going and I am blessed, but when calamity reaches out and takes hold of me, then my heart is tested, revealing the truth that I am not as faithful as I once thought. Yet You are my Comforter, an ever-present help in trouble (psalm 46:1). You cause Your sun to rise on the evil and the good, and You send rain on the righteous and the unrighteous (Matthew 5:45). But You will never leave us nor forsake us (Hebrews 13:5) so i can trust in You. Your plans are bigger than me, and they are bigger than all I can imagine. Remind me of Your great faithfulness that I may praise You in all circumstances knowing that You, Almighty God, are in complete control. Use me in all situations to bring forth glory and honor to Your kingdom, to stop living for myself, which has been nothing but a waste of time, and train me to live for You alone. You are The Rock, a safe foundation, may I stand on You alone, then truly I will not be shaken. For all are safe in the shelter of Your love! May I reside there all the days of my life, in service to You; Maker of new hearts, Force behind passions, Drive unto righteousness; my God the one and Only Jesus Christ, redeemer of my soul.
"The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
Deuteronomy 31:8
