20/11/2025
Going through my Bible one day, I stumbled on a few verses that resonates with my inner consciousness
It was Malachi 3:3, Romans 8:30, Babakuk 2:2-3.
"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.”
"Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified".
"Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. [3] For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry".
For some reason, these verses me hit differently that day.
I paused and whispered to myself, “Why does He sit? Why does the Bible describe Him specifically as a refiner of silver?”
I couldn’t shake it off.
So later that week, out of pure curiosity, I decided to visit a blacksmith, not to buy anything, but to watch him work. I didn’t tell him my real reason. I simply said, “Sir, I just want to see how silver/gold are refined.”
He nodded and invited me in.
I watched as he placed a piece of raw silver/gold into the fire. The flames rose, hot and angry, but he didn’t flinch. He positioned the silver right in the center of the fire, the hottest part.
My heart skipped.
This is exactly how life feels sometimes… like the heat is too much.
The blacksmith noticed my quietness and explained,
“For silver/gold to be purified, it must stay exactly where the fire is hottest. That’s where all the impurities melt away.”
I swallowed hard. It felt like God was talking to me right there in that workshop.
Then I asked him the question that had been burning in my heart:
“Do you really have to sit here the whole time the silver is in the fire?”
He smiled gently and said,
“Oh yes. I must keep my eyes on it. If I leave it for even one extra moment, the silver/gold will be destroyed.”
I felt something tighten in my chest.
God doesn’t walk away when my life feels hot. He doesn’t leave me in the fire unattended.
After a quiet moment, I finally asked the last question:
“How do you know when the silver is fully refined?”
He looked at me, still smiling, and said words I will never forget:
“That’s easy… when I can see my own image in it.”. I almost cried.
And right there, the message sank deeply into my soul:
If you feel the heat of life’s fire right now, pressure, challenges, heartbreak and confusion, just remember:
God is not punishing you.
He is refining you.
And He never takes His eyes off you, not even for a second.
When His character starts showing in your reactions, your decisions, your words, your kindness and in your strength, He smiles… because He can finally see His IMAGE in you.
We are predestined to be conformed to the image of Christ.
The predestined must answer the calling to attain justification/refining before the vision of Glorification will be fulfilled, thou it may tarry.
Fully refined. Fully loved. Fully watched over.
NB: People when it concerns them will say it's by Grace they become, but when it concerns another person, they will become judgemental and say he/she doesn't deserve it - Who's checking it? Who's confirming it? God is Grace, so have they become God who gives and withholds Grace at will?
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