"O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried."
Psalms 66:8-10
I love the idea of God holding our souls, and helping us stand. I think the interesting thing here is the way that he does it, and perhaps also the fact that we would praise him for it.
As indicated here, God tries us as silver is tried. To purify silver, it is melted, which requires very high heat. I took a jewelry class once and witnessed the process on a small scale, and it was somewhat enlightening. Those of us in the class had donated some of our own old jewelry to be remade and poured into the molds we had made. You could definitely tell when someone's old jewelry contained something other than silver by the way it caught fire and burned off when it was added to the mixture.
God does that to us, and sometimes it is painful because of the high heat. It is not done, however, to cause pain, but instead to help us get rid of all of the impurities, so that we can be remade into something worthy.
Today, let's bless God and remember that all that he does is for our good. Let's trust him to hold our souls and keep our feet, and purify us. Let's listen to and take counsel from the Lord, and be willing to be remade and become so much more than we could become on our own.
Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried."
Psalms 66:8-10
I love the idea of God holding our souls, and helping us stand. I think the interesting thing here is the way that he does it, and perhaps also the fact that we would praise him for it.
As indicated here, God tries us as silver is tried. To purify silver, it is melted, which requires very high heat. I took a jewelry class once and witnessed the process on a small scale, and it was somewhat enlightening. Those of us in the class had donated some of our own old jewelry to be remade and poured into the molds we had made. You could definitely tell when someone's old jewelry contained something other than silver by the way it caught fire and burned off when it was added to the mixture.
God does that to us, and sometimes it is painful because of the high heat. It is not done, however, to cause pain, but instead to help us get rid of all of the impurities, so that we can be remade into something worthy.
Today, let's bless God and remember that all that he does is for our good. Let's trust him to hold our souls and keep our feet, and purify us. Let's listen to and take counsel from the Lord, and be willing to be remade and become so much more than we could become on our own.
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