4. God tests us
1 Peter 1:6-7 is a very poetic set of verses. The words "rejoice" and "trial" don't logically seem like they should be coupled with each other, but our God is a God of working in ways different than the world sees as natural. He asks us to rejoice in our trials. Our struggles may seem like to much to handle now, but sometimes our trials are meant to grow us in some way. Isaiah 48:10 says, "Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have refined you in the furnace of affliction." This verse is referring to what we feel when we're under pressure, and think that we can no longer take the heat. Like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, God wants us to understand that the fiery heat of the furnace may seem unbearable in the moment, but if we withstand the heat, leaning on and trusting God to be glorified through our trials, then He will not let us be consumed by the flames.
Sometimes bad things happen because God is testing us, but not always.
Sometimes bad things happen because God is testing us, but not always.
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