We are the Light of the World

                 Five or so  years ago, I ran across a song that got stuck in my head and lodged deep into my heart. Refiner's Fire sung by Keith Lancaster & The Acappella Company pierced me with its simple and humbling message. "Refiner's Fire, my heart's one desire is to be holy, set apart for you, Lord. I choose to be holy, set apart for you, my Master, ready to do your will."              More recently, I was reading a year-long book about Jesus in the Old Testament (written by Nancy Guthrie), and the entry for the day was dubbed "Refining Fire". I understood the concept of a refiner's fire, the heat pulling out the impurities to create a polished and perfect metal. The item that went through the fire was purified, made clean, ready for use. But what hadn't occurred to me, what I had yet to consider, was how the refiner knew when the item was ready to be pulled from the fire. What was it he loo...