God Quote-Refined Like Silver

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of God’s Word, this is what the LORD says in Zechariah 13:9.

“This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people’, and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.”

This is a picture of the future when God purifies the inhabitants of Jerusalem. The fire of affliction is one of the ways that God gets our attention. He is passionate about purifying His people from sin. This is why He sent Jesus to the cross, so that we might call on His name, and find forgiveness in His grace.

We do not have to live in Jerusalem to come to Jesus and to belong to Him. He hears us from anywhere. Acts 2:21 says, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Zechariah 13:9-that’s today’s God Quote for us to embrace for Life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com