6 Wherein
ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness
through manifold temptations:
7 That
the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory
at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:6-7)
These verses really
resonated with me recently.
Trials of faith are
really uncomfortable at times, so it is startling and encouraging to find
Peter’s perspective that they are more precious than gold.
I have to really
wonder where Peter gained this perspective. How did he learn to appreciate the worth of his trials of
faith? Was it from his
associations with Christ? Was it
from experiences with persecution after Christ’s resurrection?
I think this tells us
something about Peter’s inner life, that he pondered on the things that he went
through and that he could see ways that his trials of faith had yielded some
good things that he considered so valuable that he wouldn’t ever have wanted to
exchange for any amount of money.
You also see hints in
this scripture that Peter had an impression that some trials of our faith may
not receive the full praise and honor and glory they deserve until Christ
comes.
What trials of your
faith do you consider more precious than gold?
One of mine is my
testimony of paying tithing that I gained the summer before my second year of
college. The blessings from that
experience went far beyond my financial concerns of that school year and
continue today (and I don't just mean my continued commitment to paying tithing).
I have a number of
trials of faith I am going through right now that have lasted a very long time
and previous testimonies I have received have kept me going.
What about you?
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