Isaiah 60:1-3 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. 2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. 3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.…

This is not a doom and gloom post. It’s a post about the redeeming nature of God. The simple example of a refiner’s fire is to rid the pot’s contents of dross (impurities). That can’t be done without fire. The fire has been lit people. I’m not prophesying. I’m observing what is going on in the earth today. Evil men have overtaken the power of humanity and are using it to benefit themselves. It’s very apparent and if you don’t see it I would say you need to pray. Pray hard. Pray hard that you are protected and that your heart is towards God. Settle your foundation first. Then pray for all of those around you and let that extend outward. The gold in this earth is heating up in the pot. The dross has already started to rise. It can be seen more and more every day. Evil seems to abound, but it’s only for a day.

Evil has no boundaries. It reaches out to touch any and all it can. Don’t let yourself be infected with delusion. Let yourself shine with the light of God. You have to be the purity of what will be left once the dross has been screeded from the top of the hot coldren. Even let your own heart to screeded from impurities. We must mature in Christ.

I’ve said it before and I still contend that evil is self-destructive. It cannot survive on it’s own. It will implode. Just let the applied heat rise on it and watch it melt away. As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego walked in the furnace plus one. Christ. Anyone surrounding the fire died just from the heat.

I’m sad that this process has to be applied, but rejoice that God knows best. The new day will come with the rising of the sun (Son). Rejoice and be glad in it.