Tests. None of us like them. Yet, they are important for showing where we are right now and what is needed to take us to where we would like to be.
My word for the year has been "joy." Slowly, I have been making my way through the Bible looking at passages on "joy," "praise," "rejoice," and "worship." I believe it is going to be a two-year study.
For those of us with chronic illness, the winter can be even more isolating and challenging. Yet, we still can praise Him.
Today, I came across a verse in my study that stopped me in my tracks.
Proverbs 27:21, "The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise."
My brain immediately began a comparison:
- Crucible - Silver is changed in this intense heat and made into something new.
- Smelter - Purification of gold occurs at high heat in the smelter, separating it from its impurities.
- Praise - Praise tests a man. In the midst of trial or just every day life, will I praise?
I stopped and pondered. How am I doing on my praise test? What will my praise test show throughout this coming winter??
How about you? What are your test results in the test of praise?
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