And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

(Zechariah 13:9)

 

Listen, it’s time we go do the work of the Kingdom and sift for gold. This means you and I will have to be willing to head into some dark places to pull out God’s treasures.

 

Some of us will not be able to handle it because we can’t look past the churchy ways we do things. Our religion will become exposed because the heart of Christ was never in it.

 

His heart is for the people, and you can usually find Him right in the middle of a mess.

 

The very ones we tend to shrug our shoulders at, too. Those who’ve been deemed useless to society and our church culture.

 

They might be stuck in addiction or hemmed up in harlotry, but hear me clear when I say, there is gold inside of them. Precious cargo planted by the Lord. He just needs His people to be willing to do their jobs.

 

He doesn’t need my help, yet it’s how He planned it-to use you and me.

 

Sitting held up in our church meetings is nowhere near the commission Christ gave to His disciples. Go be encouraged and go fellowship, but when you walk out of those doors the work begins, not ends.

 

Go into all the world…

 

Gold is in the nursing homes.

Gold is in the hospice moans

Gold is in the bars and clubs

Gold is in the hearts on drugs.

 

Gold is in the orphaned child

Gold is in the tune-up of tires

Gold is in the rich and poor

Gold is in the loved no more.

 

Gold is in the streets with trash

Gold is in the alleys on crack

Gold is in the deepest pains

Each just waiting for Heaven’s rain.

 

When you decide to become a gold-digger remember this fact about digging for gold:

 

“Every rainstorm deposits more gold in the stream beds.“

 

Never judge a book by its cover. You’ll have to look at hearts differently than what your natural eyes can see. Every nasty storm has hidden even greater gold in any life. The Bible says that the furnace is for gold. So when you find a heart whose been through the fire, you’ll find one with some beautiful hidden treasure. Your job is to go find it even when they can’t see it, and you don’t see it. Trust me, it’s there.

 

When you begin to peel back the layers of that pained soul and give them Jesus, you’ll see a transformation occur. Little by little comes more and more shine. The gold in them that Christ placed there as He formed them will begin to show itself and you, my friend, will find that you’ve been sifting for gold with Jesus.

 

I hope when you look into another’s eyes

You’ll see that precious gold that shines.