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Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. —Psalm 50:15.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. -Psalm 42:11

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. -Psalm 10:17

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. -Psalm 86:5

Jacob said unto his household, . . . Let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. -Genesis 35:2,3

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. -Psalm 103:2

I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I on the name of the Lord. -Psalm 116:1-4

Daily Light on the Daily Path

“I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.” That sure sounds like a good deal to me!

  1. God delivers me
  2. I glorify God.

God will keep up His end of this terrific bargain.

Will I?

Not just any refiner. The Only-Wise One!

Not just any unrefined object. Me!

He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. —Job 23:10.

He knoweth our frame. -Psalm 103:14

He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. -Lamentations 3:33

The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. -2 Timothy 2:19-21

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, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. -Malachi 3:3

I . . . will refine them as silver is refined, . . . they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, the Lord is my God. -Zechariah 13:9

Daily Light on the Daily Path | September 30, Morning

Refining is good.

Refining is desirable.

Refining is essential.

Refining hurts…