Just as a goldsmith heats ore to remove impurities, God uses trials and afflictions to rid imperfections and impurities of the flesh.
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
When He finishes with us, we will be less like ourselves and more like Jesus.
When do we pray more? When does the Bible mean the most? When are we most likely to seek the Lord? I’d say when the heat is on. That’s just reality, and that’s why the Lord sends trials our way.
But, according to the Bible, the children of God are a victorious people. We can’t always see it. We don’t always feel it. We don’t always live like it, but It’s true, and with God’s help we can overcome the trials of our faith.
Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
In the end, victory comes down to faith. Either we believe what the Bible says or what our eyes see or what our minds think or what others say.
We should ask God to help us live out that victory everyday. in spite of how things look or how we feel about our circumstances, we have Victory In Jesus.
— Ideas for this unprofitable blog are taken from The Sermon Notebook—Biblical resources for preachers and teachers of the word of God. They allow these sermons to be used as the Lord leads but not for profit without their expressed written permission
