Man, I just love the feeling when a revelation hits me instantaneously when i'm praying after a quick bible read. This is exactly why I got rid of my "Study Bible", so that i'm forced to reflect and pray on anything I read to get the deeper meaning that Jesus originally intended for me to understand.
Tonight, my reading plan had me come across 1 Peter 1:7 - "These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed."
The main part that stuck out to me was: "…your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire…" Peter is describing your faith's worth as "greater than gold". We all know how valuable gold is, especially if your female, hahaha! ;) It's obviously desired for its beauty, which explains it's use for almost all our jewelry. It's no coincidence that Peter compares our faith to Gold. Gold is refined under fire, which removes all of its impurities and imperfections resulting in pure, perfect gold. Although, the difference is that gold will eventually lose its shine, breakdown and deteriorate just like any other natural element. But, the Bible says that our faith grows and builds under trial and fire. Each trial we face does NOT deteriorate or devalue our faith. It becomes more perfect the longer we hold on to it. When it's all said and done, all the gold and riches in the world will be left behind. The only thing of value that will remain will be our faith, and what we did with it during our time here. And then, that will "…result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed."
No comments:
Post a Comment