In large Part, the Theme of The Book of 1 Peter, is about the Refining Process that the person who has given their life to Jesus, Goes through.

When we are first placed in the Masters hands, we are full of impurities.

Jesus takes our life, just like it is, right where we are, and then He completely purifies it by the Blood that He has poured out for us, when Jesus paid for all of our sins on the Cross.

And, for most of us, we assume that as soon as we have come to know Jesus, the Lord would just begin to use us and bless us abundantly.

Unfortunately, the process of preparing us as an instrument that can be used, is not complete yet.

Like the Gold, we must be placed in a “super heated” environment for awhile, where we feel the fires of trials…

Outside elements like the Silver and the Acid, that was placed in the liquid Gold that help to separate the Gold from these impurities, are introduced into our struggles…

Sometimes these outside elements are Trials with people, who hurt us, misunderstand us, or even abandon us. Sometimes these elements of our trials by fire include things we have absolutely no control over like the Loss of finances, the loss of a home, a struggle with a job or even the loss of a loved one.

Some of these elements break our heart completely in two and bring us to the very end of our self where we feel utterly helpless.

After the impurities have been drawn away, we are placed in a “Drying Cellar” where we are again placed under tremendous pressures that “Forces out all the remaining things that we don’t need in our life.

Things that we have been addicted to, things we were a slave to, even things that are in our life that once seemed like we couldn’t live without, we now find we no longer want in our life. Then, more heat and pressure is applied to our lives that serves to “Form Us” into something that is usable by our Master, Jesus.

This is the Refiners Fire, in the Room of Separation called Life, that Jesus uses for everyone that comes to Him to surrender their life to Him…

1 Peter 1
6 … though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,
7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ
The genuineness of your faith is much more precious than gold…



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