DAILY READINGS: Numbers 29:1-40; Proverbs 25:1-26:12; Luke 2:22-52
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer (the smith has material for a vessel). Prov. 25:4
We are commanded to keep ourselves pure (1 Tim. 5:22) and to be holy because God Himself is holy (1 Pet. 1:16). We know that we will be blessed if we keep ourselves undefiled (Ps. 119:1). But above all when we are pure and holy, we are useful for our Refiner. May God grant us the will to purge ourselves from dross that we might be sanctified and fit for the Master’s use (2 Tim. 2:21). —D. Pickup
Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul;
Each thought and each motive, beneath His control;
Thus led by His Spirit, to fountains of love,
Thou soon shalt be fitted, for service above. —William Longstaff