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Silver

 

Not sure I like the context of how silver is made, and if Malachi is right, than God has become my refiner and my purifier if I ever have a chance to become silver.

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. – Malachi 3:3 ESV

As a discipler, I have come to an awareness that my life matters to those I disciple. I can either foster or repress the higher/deeper life of those I come alongside.  In fact, those I disciple become the gauge of spiritual vigour or spiritual decay in my own life.

Whence does the Church derive her value? From her relation to Christ. The first Church was gathered in loving fealty to Christ. The disciples were His representatives. The bodily presence of their Master and Lord was visible through them. The world can never be converted by the world; Christ has given that great work to His Church. All the fitness of His disciples for their grave and responsible duties is derived from Him. 

Job reminds me how much my walk with God matters to my children. Even as they grow older and have families of their own, he still prayed for each of them, especially as they went through different experiences. Job understood human depravity and he understood his children’s potential to sin and so he was found to intercede before God for them.

His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.  And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed[a] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually. – Job 1:4-5 ESV

 

I pray that I do not take any shortcuts in my refining process so that my silver is pure and that others may be blessed for what God has done in my life.

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Glory and Honour

 

See What a Morning

 

The story of the death of Saul and Jonathan is truly one where the depth of David’s love for his best friend and of the one who relentlessly pursued him to kill him and yet was God’s anointed, causes me to pause and ponder.

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son. 2 Samuel 1:17  ESV

What would I have done?

Would I have killed Saul as he was dying anyway? Would I have thanked the man for bringing me Saul’s crown and putting Saul out of his misery on the battlefield? Would I have written a song of glory for the one who tried to kill me at every opportunity?

What a lesson David gives me as a follower of Jesus. He was true to God deep down in his soul. This was not at act or a posture that he showed on the outside for everyone to see. This was the real David – one who gloried in God and one who honoured Him above all else. It was this stance that allowed him to love Saul, his enemy.

I can easily think of the times I was posturing at work with a boss who became my enemy. While I masked humility, I joyed in his failures. How shallow I was, how unreal for me a disciple of Jesus. I did not treat him as God’s anointed, the one placed in leadership above me.

Father, forgive me for being so shallow. I may be something special because You have gifted me and called me and purposed me, but that does not mean I am more special than others. I pray that I will know my place – to find my glory and honour only in You and to ensure that my life gives you complete glory and honour too. Thank You for Your love even when I have failed to walk as You. Thank You for revealing David’s strength that was found in his soul. May I walk like him with You.

 

 

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