Proverb 17

In verse 3 is a proverb that uses the refiner's fire as a picture of the way Gods improves our heart. It is heat that allows the dross to be removed from precious metals. The metals need to be changed from one state to another; from a solid to a liquid. It is when silver and gold reach that state of excitement that is so radically different from their normal state that the work of the craftsman takes place. Without this process refining cannot happen; the value stays locked inside the junk of the world. The similarity to God's work should be obvious.
It took me about 4 minutes to read this chapter.

Stuart