If you stand on God’s Word, you’ll understand that affliction doesn’t come to destroy a child of God—it comes to refine them. The word refined in today’s scripture is the Hebrew word tsarph, which means to subject metals to fire to remove impurities.
Just as silver is purified seven times (Psalm 12:6), affliction is allowed to burn away what doesn’t belong, shaping us into mature and perfected children of God. The number seven represents completeness and perfection, showing that what you endure is not random; it’s a divine process producing something priceless within you.
Apostle Paul, when faced with affliction, declared that it pushed him to his knees. Scripture says, “Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray” (James 5:13). Prayer is an antidote to affliction that will produce a far more exceeding eternal weight of glory for you!
