Exodus 37:1-2 Next Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood – a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it.
My instructions for the Ark of the Covenant were to cover it and line it with pure gold. Pure. All that is representative of Me, all that contains My Spirit needs to be pure – free of impurities and flaws. Do you not see? Do you not yet understand? You grieve and whine and cry out when you are being purified – when you are being disciplined – when I have you in the flames of refinement. Think, Child. You’ve read the accounts of how pure gold is the result of many many hours of refinement – of the gold being held over high temperatures – hot flames – in order the rid it of the useless dross that just clouds its clarity, its beauty, its usefulness. Well, so it is with My children. You are of the world, you are imperfect creatures, you carry stains and your spirits get cloudy. So refinement is necessary if you are to be of use to Me. Refinement is necessary to bring you to a level of purity that can be the best representation of Me. A purity that is worthy of containing My Spirit. Is that not what you always say you want? Will you remain in the fires of refinement as long as I deem it necessary to bring you to the level of purity I need? Will you trust Me that, as the refiner of fine gold does, I will remove you from the fires of refinement as soon as you reach that goal? The refiner watches over the gold carefully, never taking his eyes off of it so that it does not stay in the fire one second too long. So do I watch over you. I am not absent in this process. It is painful. It seems to take forever. I seem to be absent. None of that is true. I am here, Child. I am watching every second of the process. I will stop the process when the time is perfectly correct, when you have reached the level of refinement necessary, when you have learned the lessons that you need to learn in order to be that woman. How long it takes and how successful the process is depends wholly upon you at this point. I do not change. I will do what I know needs done. But, will you submit? Will you have an open and teachable spirit to learn the lessons necessary? Will you stay in a position of trust and allow Me to have My way with you? The harder you buck against the process, the less you allow yourself to be open to what I have for you, those will determine the length and success of the process. So, decide, Child. What outcome do you REALLY want?
Amanuensis 