God does visit his people to prove their heart to cleanse it from unfaithfulness. The nature of faith trials is depicted by fire and smelting processes, suggesting that such trials are extremely difficult and trying. God declares that he will not refine his chosen with silver, but “in the furnace of affliction”. There, He “will melt them, and try them” and “the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work” of faith. (Psalm 66:10; Isaiah 48:10; Jeremiah 9:7;1 Corinthians 3:13).
According to the prophet Malachi, God Himself will oversee the trying process. “[He] will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify [his people] and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness”. (Malachi 3:3). Consider however that God is faithful and would not suffer you to be tried beyond what you are able and may make a way for you to escape so that you are able to bear the trials (1 Corinthians 10:13)
3. THE ESSENCE OF FIERY FAITH TRIALS
