Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Isaiah 1:25-26 -- On Purification

"And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city."
Isaiah 1:25-26


I like this because God is talking about fixing things... fixing his city, and earlier in the chapter talking about fixing people (verses 16-18). The part about people was somewhat gentler (although still making it clear that there were consequences either way (verses 19-20), but these verses make it clear that even the purifying process is going to be a painful one. ... The end result though, will be pure and perfect, as it was designed to be.

Perfection and purification, both of our world and of ourselves, sometimes seems impossible, and may well be painful, as most change seems to be.  With God, it is possible though, and I think it can be gentle or hard, depending on how willing we are to do as God asks, and also depending on what it is we're changing.  We probably all have parts of ourselves that we have a hard time letting go of.  Whether gentle or difficult though, we have to go through that reconstruction stage to get to the new improved everything.  Things might seem broken for a while, and incomplete--but it won't stay that way.  God will help us feel whole again--a better whole. :)

Today, let's welcome God's purification in our lives, even when it is hard, remembering who we want to be, and what we are working for.

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