Cathy Deaton – Fan the Flame Ministries #whogodisblogwhogodis.com

To part the gold from its impurities common salt was used as the most active ingredient.

The gold was melted in a cauldron. At a certain temperature the salt was added. It reacted with the impurities and they rose to

the surface to be skimmed off easily. What was left was the pure gold.

Silver was part of the impurities that were skimmed off.

When God gave instructions to Moses for building the Tabernacle, silver was next in importance to gold in the precious metals that were to be used.

The example of silver being removed as a dross in the refinement process is huge from a spiritual standpoint.

but it keeps the gold from being 100% pure. Because of this, silver is a dross in the refinement process.

In the same way, God wants your life to be one that only reflects the true gold – Him.

He removes the silver with the other dross because He never wants “good things” to sidetrack you and keep you from having HIS BEST.

to be made for the best use of your time. But sometimes it’s hard to know if you are

seeking for the gold or settling for the silver. The only way to know is to start seeking God

and His Desires with your whole heart. The Holy Spirit came to reside in your life the

moment you truly accepted Jesus as Your Savior and the only way to Heaven.

Desires to lead you in making the everyday small decisions

Desires to lead you in making the huge life-changing decisions

You will never go wrong if you make the choice to trust His Guidance.

If you want to live a life that truly makes a difference – this is that life.

reveal the dross that has accumulated in your life, whether it is:

Bad things that have turned into strongholds Or good things that take all your time by

keeping you from the best things. Doing good things can also turn into a

stronghold in your life – or at least that’s what happened to me.

The Holy Spirit has removed a lot of “silver dross”.

I had chosen good things to fill my time and calendar – church, school, community events, but I didn’t ask God if I should be doing them.

I realized that God didn’t want me to give up these things entirely, He just wanted me to allow Him to show me which ones I needed to do.

good (silver) things are just as hard to give up as bad habits or things.

They can create a huge stronghold in your life.

This is true especially if you are a people-pleaser. You want people to like you, so you want to try to everything possible to please everyone around you.

I’m ashamed to admit it, but the hardest thing at first for me was I didn’t think Godtelling me to quit was a good enough reason. Thankfully I got over that and learned that is the BEST reason for quitting something. Now I ask the Holy Spirit from the start, and if He says NO, I don’t feel guilt when I tell the other person I can’t do that particular thing.

many people wouldn’t understand why I wasn’t doing this good thing any more. They had always been in the “do good things” boat with me and didn’t want me to leave the boat.

There was also immense guilt on my part because others would now have to take on the extra load I had left behind.

because I was a people-pleaser, I worried more about what others thought than what God thought.

But I am thankful that I have made much progress in getting rid of the chains and shackles that being a people-pleaser forces upon you.

the impurities in your life will be forced to the surface.

You will be aware of sins that you didn’t even know about,

and sins that you have never dealt with will now make you miserable.

When they are revealed, you can now skim them away like dross and be rid of the excessive weight that has drug you down.

removes what is secondarily precious - silver - to purify that which is most precious.

The more you seek God, the more your life will be refined to resemble the PURE GOLD that is left after the dross is removed.

The refiner knows the gold is pure when he can see his reflection in it.

God desires you to live so that others can see His reflection instead of your own as it shines brightly in your life.

To read the article on my blog, click on the link below:

http://who-god-is.com/silver-is-valuable-but-it-keeps-the-gold-from-being-100-pure

Cathy Deaton – Fan the Flame Ministries#whogodisblogwhogodis.com

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