49 Beloved, are you in the fire?
"Glorify the Lord in the fires!" Isaiah 24:15
The fires are afflictions.
These are intended . . .
to try us,
to purify us, and
to endear the Lord Jesus to us.
Every saint must pass through the fire, and our only concern should be to pass through honorably and usefully.
Is the fire in your business?
Is the fire in your family?
Is the fire in your body?
Is the fire in your soul?
Wherever it is, let it be your one desire to glorify God in it. You may do so . . .
by patiently enduring,
by trusting the Lord’s Word,
by speaking of His character and love,
by expecting His support and supplies,
by holding fast your integrity.
Beware that you do not lose the benefit of the affliction—but cry mightily to God that it may be sanctified.
Have you never been in the fire?
If you belong to Christ you will be!
"He will sit as a Refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver!" Malachi 3:3
They who are not purified in the furnace of affliction on earth—will be cast as reprobate silver into the fire of hell forever!