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“Behold, I go forward but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive him; when he acts on the left, I cannot see him; he turns to the right, but I cannot see him. But he knows the way I take; when he has put me to the test, I will come out as gold.”

—Job 23:8–10

Job was at his lowest point. He couldn’t feel God moving; he couldn’t see God moving. But even though it didn’t feel like it, he was absolutely certain that God was still working on all sides.

He never doubted that God still saw him. “He knows the way I take.”

When we’re walking a hard road, when we don’t understand why, and when it feels like God isn’t working, we can be certain that he is. He’s on the right hand and the left . . . he goes before and behind (Psalm 139:5).

He’s on every side. He sees us. He knows what we’re going through.

And what’s the outcome at the end of this unknown? The perfection of our faith. We are in the fire; it is burning off the doubts, fears, selfishness, misplaced confidence in worldly endeavors and comforts. On the other side, we will come out like gold—purified, proven in faith, beautiful, and shining for all to see.

And the purest gold is the softest gold, able to be molded by the Craftsman into the shape he has planned for it.

We can trust that this fire, though painful and confusing, is creating in us the ability to become what the Lord intends . . . to be used to bring about the highest fulfillment both in our lives and for his kingdom.

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