Tested Faith

~After careful study of God`s Word, we see that this gold we desire is bought.  We do not deserve it, but we do pay a price for it.  What is the price we have to pay for such a valuable treasure?  It is purchased at the cost of great personal pain.  This precious gold is bought in the fire and is attained only as we persevere and endure through the trials that God allows us to go through.~God`s purpose in allowing difficulties, tribulations, calamity, infirmity, persecutions and hardships to come our way is that we might take advantage of the opportunity and buy gold!  When the crisis explodes, God wants us to fix our focus on Him, find Him in the adversity, and discover the Spirit`s pathway to renewed victory.