Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Investing in Gold - #8437

Friday, January 1, 2010

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So what’s a good investment this new year? Tons of people are going for gold. Its value is at an all-time high, but the process for getting to this precious asset isn’t easy. You don’t mine gold nuggets. It’s found in microscopic particles, mixed into the dirt. On a recent news show, one mine worker said, “You can’t tell by looking at it that there’s gold in it.” The NBC News reporter said, “Getting the gold out is a massive task. They grind it, treat it, and heat it until they can literally squeeze out the good stuff. They’ll move 190,000 tons of dirt a day; they’ll get a few thousand ounces of gold.” But here’s what makes it all worthwhile. All this produces a 90% pure bar of gold, and right now that is worth one and a quarter million dollars! It is, this report said, “…a precious metal, getting more precious all the time.”

I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and what a picture of God’s processes in your life and mine, because He sees gold in you that can be enormously valuable. But often we have to be treated and heated to squeeze out the gold. The Bible says, “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify…and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness” (Malachi 3:2-3 ).

God says that our trials come “…so that your faith—of greater worth than gold…may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor” (1 Peter 1:7 ). Listen, if it’s hot, if it’s hard right now, be sure that God is using it all to make you His solid gold child…precious in value; getting more precious all the time.

This radio program references: Malachi 3:2-3 ; 1 Peter 1:7