"My son, be wise, and make My heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth Me" (Proverbs 27:11). "Now, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations, 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 honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 1:6,7).
If now for a season a trial arrives,
We know that our Savior is still in control.
For thus He reproves, He refines, and revives
The faith of our heart and the strength of our soul.
As gold is refined when it's tried by the fire,
So faith is perfected by trials God sends.
The Lord surely knows what our faith will require
To give us a triumph that on Him depends.
O Lord, we give thanks for Your hand in each trial
Conforming us more to Your image each day.
Let this be our object: Your gladness and smile
As we are found faithful and wise in our way.
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