August 6

Isaiah 48:10

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

It will be seen in eternity that the things we went through on earth were for our good and for our instruction. God loves you, and he knows what you are going through. He is refining you in the furnace of affliction. God works his sovereign will and we are told in Lamentations 3:33, “He doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.” “If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” Hebrews 12:7. This chastening and correction is for our betterment and we must not think that we add anything to what Jesus did on the cross. “By HIS stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; and the LORD hath laid on HIM the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:5,6.

Commentary by Francis L. Harris

"...what must I do to be saved?" Acts 16:30