Joni And Friends Daily Devotional 3 May 2024 Message
TOPIC: Flawless Word
“The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace of clay, purified seven times.” – Psalm 12:6
Young Steven looked up from watching the Olympics on TV. “I’d rather have a silver medal, I think.”
“Why?”
“’Cause it looks better, shinier. Gold looks like it’s got all kinds of junk in it.”
Silver often takes a backseat to its richer brother, gold. But in the mind of the boy, silver had a greater attraction. It was shinier than gold. It looked faster, cooler, purer. It didn’t look as if anyone had added any “junk” to it.
According to today’s verse, God seems to agree with Steven’s views on metallurgy. When describing his Word, God says that it is more refined than silver. Gold can’t “hang together” if it’s entirely free of impurities. So God chooses to liken his Word to silver. That’s because God is less interested in attractiveness and more interested in purity. God’s Word, because it reflects a pure and holy God, must likewise be associated with that which is refined and pure.
One unusual quality of silver that accentuates its purity is the ability it has to kill bacteria when it comes into contact with it. It’s as if bad things can’t survive in silver or around it! So too the Word of God is not only pure in and of itself; it has the ability, when applied by faith, to cleanse the reader of his or her sin. God is not as concerned about people finding his words golden, all beautiful and attractive, as he is about people’s lives being touched by the silver of his Word—becoming changed, holy, and pure.
The purity of God’s Word should make us treasure it highly. More importantly for God, it should make a change for the better in our lives. He wants us to apply his commands in order to refine and change our hearts. And to those who are willing to allow the pure words to effect that change, he grants an invaluable gift: the security of knowing that his promises are as pure as his commands and truths.
PRAYER: Jesus, I lay claim to the purity of your Word as the only hope for my life. I want to know its cleansing power and its pure rewards.
Joni and Friends Daily Devotional 3 May 2024 written By Joni Eareckson Tada
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