Another Vessel
“He made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it” (Jeremiah 18:4).
“And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver” (Malachi 3:3).
One day, when the celebrated chemist, Michael Faraday, was absent from his laboratory, a workman accidentally knocked a silver cup into a large container of acid. He was greatly perplexed and distressed as the cup disappeared; it was an utter mystery to him as to where the cup had gone. When Faraday returned and heard about it, he threw some chemicals into the jar and the silver reappeared. He recovered it and sent it to a silversmith, where it was recast into another beautiful cup.
Sometimes the Lord does something similar in our lives. He allows circumstances to melt us down so that He can form us into something beautiful for His glory. Are we willing to let Him do that in our lives? It isn’t always pleasant, it is like the acid, it burns, it hurts, perhaps there are tears, but in the end the result will be that the Lord will, “Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer” (Proverbs 25:4).
