I’ve been studying Malachi 3:3 for the past few weeks.  God brought me there and had me start praying it for myself because I consider myself a modern grafted-in Levite.  It reads ”He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness.”
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Here at ZHOP we have been having several interesting spiritual manifestations.  One that has been rec curing is gold fillings appearing in people’s teeth that were not formerly there.  The ”Divine Dentist” you ask?  I don’t try to understand them, I just report what I’ve seen.  I like to say that a man with an opinion is never at the mercy of a man with an experience.  That’s all beside the point.  The point is, God is showing us here at ZHOP what He wants to do in our hearts.  Stoke the fires Lord!  God is continually pouring out judgment not because He’s angry, but because of His amazing mercy and love.   Proverbs 13:24 states that ”He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently.” NASU  What wisdom God is to purify His loved ones before it’s too late.  People often get so offended at the idea that God will judge sin. The two extreme concepts of the Father being “strict and unapproachable” or “lovey-dovey, sin isn’t that big of a deal” type of God rarely come to the biblical middle ground. God is strict because He’s holy, but approachable because he desired us so much he sent His son to die on a cross so we could be with Him forever. He’s “lovey-dovey” because God is love. He’s not casual about sin in anyway because like the answer to His approachability He sent His son to die on a cross to defeat sin. I would hardly categorize that as “not a big deal”. I thank the Lord that he chastens me. It’s like I tell my children I don’t spank you because I’m mad at you, I discipline you because I love you. Sin is a killer!!!!! God does not want me to die forever because of it. So, He disciplines me like a loving father should. Lord purify the sons of Levi and make our offerings pleasing in your eyes. Amen and Amen!