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Isaiah - Day 25

versebyverse | June 03, 2008 19:55

Scripture: Isaiah 1:25 (NIV): "I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities."

Thought: To me, we need not fear the hand of God turned against us in discipline. It is not the end for us, but the beginning of cleansing and restoration.

Question: Has God removed my "dross" and "impurity"?

Whoever thought that purification was painless was off the mark! God's hand will be turned against us during purification. It is like the sharp swat of a loving parent where the very hand that caresses now hurts us.

This "turn" of God's "hand" against us is for good. Through this process God will purge away all "dross", or useless slag, or, as in the harvest of grain, the chaff or useless husks, and He will "remove all...impurities." Is this not what we want? I say, let God have His way! When a parent resorts to the discipline of spanking or a "turned hand", good is accomplished. And later the child will learn to appreciate and respect a parent who cares enough to want to separate a child from his own foolishness, (see Proverbs 22:15). God is better than a loving parent. His love endures much longer and deeper. He will not abandon us--He wants to help us.

Prayer: Loving Father, thank You for caring enough about me to discipline me. Thank You that this painful process will end in good for my soul. Amen.