Every trial we encounter is God’s way in our journey of progressive sanctification. I love Psalm 18. They are David’s words after the Lord delivered him from Saul. Verse 1 says, “I will love You, O Lord, my strength.”

Verse 30 says, “As for God, His way is perfect…” Verse 32 says, “It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect.” In Psalm 25:4 David wrote, “Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.”

I want the Lord to make His ways known to me. Psalm 103:7 says, “He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. The Lord revealed to Moses what He was going to do when they faced the Red Sea. The children of Israel saw His acts. They witnessed Him parting the Red Sea, getting them safely across, and then destroying their enemies.

James 1:3 in the J. B. Phillips says of our trials, “…don’t resent them as intruders, but welcome them as friends!” Trials expose our hidden flesh and crucifies it, which strengthens our inner man.