EXTRACT - THE REFINER’S REVENUE

In [1 Pet.1:7] our trials are spoken of, and it is in connection with our trials and circumstances that the Lord says, “the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold”. … the Lord would have us to be exercised by everything, he would not have us indifferent to what He passes us through. Gold is at the top of the list of precious metals; and because it is precious it is subjected to the fire, so that every element of alloy and dross is separated from it. I have often been at a brother’s house who is a goldsmith, and seen the sweepings from the shop brought in, which look like dust and dirt, but the refiner wraps it all up carefully in paper, puts it into the refining pot, opens the furnace door, and in it goes, and the fire immediately consumes all the rubbish. The refiner keeps watching, and at last he puts in the tongs and lifts out the crucible, and leaves it to cool; then with a hammer he breaks it in pieces, and then you see at the bottom a little piece of gold – pure gold which has come out of the refiner’s fire. Pure gold is precious to man, but here the trying of our faith is called “much more” precious to God. … oh, beloved, do we realise what God has in view? Do we take in that God is going to get a big revenue of praise for Himself through these very trials at the appearing of Jesus Christ? Saint of God, cheer up! you may be “put to grief” down here, you may have very real sorrow in your heart, but take courage, the harvest time is coming, and God is going to reap a harvest. … Yes, He will get His revenue.

From ‘The Closing Ministry of J. Pellatt’ Vol.2 p.21,22