I was looking at a vine with a friend. The vine’s tendrils were reaching out to connect with something sturdy and solid. It reminded me of our trials. They are like a trellis that cause our faith’s tendrils to reach further.

Hardships, adversity, troubles, and sorrows are trials that train our faith to reach out to the Lord in ways we didn’t before. No trial is in vain. The Lord redeems everything in our lives. Nothing goes to waste in His Kingdom. 

Job 42:2 was Job’s conclusion after his long trial. It says, “I know you can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.” Our trials are divinely orchestrated and designed. The intensity of our fiery trial melts our faith. That causes any hidden dross  to come to the surface so it can be skimmed off. 1 Peter 1:7 says, “That the genuineness of your faith…may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

The Lord uses our unique-to-us trials to reveal Himself to us in ways we did not experience Him before.