Isaiah 30:20
Christtian do not grieve as the world grieves. The world experiences sorrow without hope. The Christian also has sorrow, but the Christian sorrow is accompanied by hope.
God wants go refine you. Your trial is a refining. He will be true to you Let us Read (Isaiah 48:10) in amplied version "Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." see, I haved refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnance of affliction." Your God is a consuming fire and He sits as the Refiner purging every impurity from your life. Your response? Agree with Job that "When he has tested me, I will come forth as gold."
God wants to sift you.Your trial is a sifting. You are God's grain, planted by Him and to be gathered by His hand. You are coarse and rough grain and lust pass through several processes of sifting. Each sieve is finer, "However, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace" (Hebrew12:11).
Gods wants to prune you. Your trial is a pruning. "Every branch that does bear fruit he prunes clean so that it will be even more fruitful" (John15:2). The pruning process hurts, but God is a careful gardener, and He prunes you with great skill and love.
God wants to polish your. Your trial is a polishing. You are a living stone to be carved just as it say in Psalm 144:12, "your children will be like pillar carved to adorn a palace." God wants to chisel away your rough edges.
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