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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts. Proverbs 17:8. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver. Malachi 3:3.
Many who seek the Lord and believe that they have found Him, think that now all is well and that no tribulation can come near them any more. But since such persons have not sought the Lord sincerely and seek only easy days with Him, tribulation and fear must come upon them. Just in order to melt away and burn out the slack of by-considerations and egotism, just to purify, "purge" and establish the heart, it must into the heat of tribulation, as the silver and the gold must into the fire. When misery and misfortune, tribulation and fear befall one who seeks in a half-hearted way, he thinks, or hears it asked by the world, ’’What is now your reward for having sought the Lord? " Oh, very much! for now the Lord has sought and found me; now He tries and purifies my heart; now I seek Him with my whole heart that I may find Him.
When on my aching, burdened heart
My sins lie heavily,
Thy pardon speak, new peace impart;
Good Lord, remember me.
When trials sore obstruct my way.
And ills I cannot flee,
Oh, let my strength be as my day;
Good Lord, remember me.
