Welcome to our service today. It is great to have you here and we would love to invite you to stay after the service and join us for tea and coffee.
In the process of refining metals, the raw metal is heated with fire until it melts. The impurities separate from it and rise to the surface. They are then skimmed off, leaving the pure metal. Without this heating and melting, there could be no purifying. As the impurities are skimmed off the top, the reflection of the person carrying out this task appears in the smooth, pure surface. I’m sure you can see where I’m heading with this!
As we are purified by God, His reflection in our lives will become more and more clear to those around us. He calls us to be holy as He is holy. Sometimes we can be stubborn and dig our toes in, believing that we don’t need to change but that it is someone else who needs to. Let’s not be those stiff necked people! Let us continue to ask the Holy Spirit to work in our lives, refining and purifying us, so we can be the people God is calling us to be.
Blessings, Sandra
Beckenham Baptist Church 