Zechariah 13:9 I will bring the one–third through the fire,Will refine them as silver is refined,And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name,And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’;And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God. ’”
A trial is an examination by testing. Trials are a test of faith in which you experience trouble or adversity. Trials are both inward and outward – intrinsic and extrinsic. God uses both negative and positive experiences of our lives to bring out the gem in us.
God uses our sufferings to refine us just as gold and silver have to go through a refiners fire. When the refiner raises the temperatures ( pain , suffering, adversity – trials of all kinds), the heat extracts the impurities and they rise to the surface . The refining process continues until all our impurities are removed.
The trials strengthen our faith and perfect our Christian character. Trials will reap an increase of godly life . When we go through God’s refinement process, we will meet God’s threshold of acceptance. The good news is that our heavenly refiner will always avail the coping grace to go through refinement. Even when the heat of pain increases, our refiner will be right there with us .
Further readings:
Dan 11:35
Mal 3:3
1Pe 1:6-7
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