In the Fire

Without being in Fire, one cannot expect to be valued. Gold is impure if does not go through the fire. Silver is not silver unless it goes through fire. Both these metals have no value unless they pass through the fire.
We have no value if do not pass through FIRE. The process of refinement comes only when once passes through fire. All those imperfections melt away when we pass through fire and that which is of value remains.
But FIRE is a painful experience. One hates to be through the FIRE even if it means for betterment.
Thankfully the process of refinement through the FIRE is managed by the refiner. He sits through the process of refinement. Never lets his eye off the metal even for a moment. Sitting close to the FIRE, experiencing the heat, allowing the right temperature, feeling the heat himself, watching over the metal and the refinement process, ensuring that all impurities are removed and resting from His work only when HIS image is relfected in the metal. Creating iternal value in us. Value that is acceptable in eternity. Unto Honor. Fit for the Master's use.
God our eternal Refiner. With the promise of "I will never leave you nor forsake you".