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All That Glitters is Not Gold

This 1-minute devotion discusses the similarities between purifying gold and purifying faith. #BibleLoveNotes #Bible #Devotions

 Pure gold won't discolor and it won't attach to a magnet.

Gold alloys, on the other hand, discolor with age, and they attach to magnets because they're mixed with less valuable metals.

The Bible uses the refining process of gold as an analogy for the refining of our faith (1 Peter 1:3-9).

The fires of adversity can make us shine purer and brighter if we allow God to remove impurities from our faith.

And when God removes impurities, we lose our magnetic attraction to worldly things (1 Peter 4:1-5).

I don't like adversity; and when it comes, it always reveals weaknesses in my faith. But I'm grateful that God doesn't let my dislike for the refiner's fire keep Him from plunging me into it. I know that it's an important part of my growth as a Christ-follower.

What about you? Have you come to appreciate the refining fire or would you rather avoid it? In what ways has the analogy of a refining fire been relevant to your hardships? What has God shown you as He's burnt away the impurities in your faith?
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This 1-minute devotion discusses the similarities between purifying gold and purifying faith. #BibleLoveNotes #Bible #Devotions

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8 comments:

  1. LuAnn @ BackPorchervationsFebruary 14, 2013 at 5:25 AM

    I don't anyone particularly looks forward to adversity. But speaking for myself, I know I would not be the person I am today without it. I have learned things through adversity that I would not have learned otherwise.

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    1. Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.comFebruary 14, 2013 at 1:03 PM

      I know this is true for me as well, LuAnn. During the periods of my life when everything was going pretty well, I've had a tendency to get self-righteous or self-content. I need those fires as much as I hate them! Thanks for sharing.

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  2. CarolFebruary 14, 2013 at 12:21 PM

    At first, adversity feels like I've been set adrift. Then I realize that I have to draw closer to God and He draws close to me. Once I realize that, I recognize that I am not alone in the difficulty and with God's help, will get through it

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    1. Gail @ http://biblelovenotes.comFebruary 14, 2013 at 1:04 PM

      "Set adrift" is a good description, Carol. Adversity often catches me off guard and confuses me for a period before I begin to recognize God's hand in it.

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  3. Grandma KcFebruary 18, 2013 at 11:15 AM

    Just stopping by from the GRAND Social Linky Party. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Lisa @ Grandmas BriefsFebruary 19, 2013 at 9:33 PM

    Well, I've certainly faced a fair (?) share of adversity of late. And yes, it's revealed my failure to "let go and let God." So. Hard.

    Thank you for participating in the GRAND Social!

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  5. Connie NelsonMarch 1, 2013 at 11:51 PM

    Great post, my recent adversity most certainly revealed some things.....but some of them were good too and for that I am happy to know I have grown :) Thanks for linking with me.

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  6. Ginger HMarch 16, 2020 at 10:18 PM

    I don’t not enjoy going through a refiners fire. But, I would rather do that and be who God wants me to be than not be His child! So, praise God for putting me through the refiners fire!

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