Our Scripture reading today is Job 23:10, "But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath
tried me, I shall come forth as gold."
God knew exactly everything that was going on in Job's life and it was part of
His perfect plan. “Suddenly, in the midst of this bitter complaining, there flamed out a most
remarkable evidence of the tenacity of his faith. He declared with conviction that God knew the
way he was taking. He even affirmed his confidence that it was God Who was trying him, and
that presently he would come forth from the process as gold.” (Morgan)
There isn't one of God's children who avoid the trying process.
We all need it for one reason or another. God does everything with and on
purpose. Your trying time and mine are meant to refine us. They will make us
more like Christ. Trying time is no time to bail out on God. It is time to trust
that His plan is best for our good and His glory.