Brass carries interesting properties.
First, brass is not naturally occurring. We can’t go dig up brass in the field and hold it up for the world to see. No one is going to pan for brass in a mountain stream and get rich from their discovery. Brass is a mixture, an alloy of two different materials, copper and zinc.
Second, brass has very high strength. We can use it in high-pressure flow lines, as fittings to support weaker materials, and as containers that can take abuse and still retain their shape. Items made from brass are among the most durable in the world.
Third, brass is highly malleable. That means we can reshape it easily. It has a low melting point, so it can be cast into new applications and reused over and over without loss of performance.
Fourth, brass has good conductivity. It carries heat and electricity with ease, and at the same time, it resists wear and sparking. It’s also non-magnetic and has great acoustic properties, meaning it resists debris and produces great sound.
Brass. There are over sixty different types, each with different compositions for particular applications.
Exodus 38 tells us of the great brass altar the Israelites were to make for worship of the Lord. Verse 8 describes the laver, which when filled with water would symbolize the Word of God, brought to completion through the person of Jesus.
“And he made the laver of brass and the foot of it of brass, of the looking glasses of the women…”
What had been things of vanity (the brass mirrors) were to be transformed into vessels into which the Lord’s presence could be poured.
We need to be brass vessels before our God. Alone, we are copper. It’s when we are mixed with Jesus that we gain the properties of brass. We become strong in him, we change to become like him, we conduct his power to others, and our spoken words sound his majesty to all creation.
We become of a like mind with Christ, even as we are different in individual composition. We become brass created by our union with our Heavenly Father, the Holy Ghost, and his Son, Jesus.
That’s us, a generation of brass, gleaming in our perfection, and ready to be used in any situation God requires.
One more thing about brass? It polishes up very nicely, so much so that it gleams like gold. We do have to keep it polished, though. It’s the buffing cloth of Christ that keeps us shining brightly before the world.
Christ’s salvation makes us all the same in him, even as we remain unique in ourselves.
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