God’s ultimate purpose is using every situation with absolute precision ~ conforming us to His image. Scripture reveals several ways. One through our trials. As we embrace each one, He discloses the dross that opaques our reflection of Him to others.

Two through us beholding Him. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says, “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

The Greek word for transformed is metamorphoumetha. I learned something years ago in a Ranger Rick magazine. The caterpillar melts while it is in the cocoon. I call it the dark night of the soul. It is from that liquid that the Lord’s transformation is taking place.

The beginning and end of our trials are unknown to us. However the Lord never takes His eyes off us. He is with us every moment. His promise in Hebrews 13:5 is that He will never leave us nor forsake us. Just like the wet butterfly, our strength is in the struggle.