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Psalm 119:67, "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey Your Word."Affliction is never accidental for the believer. Every trial, pain, and hardship, is sovereignly appointed by God for His glory and our good. The world sees suffering as meaningless, or merely as an obstacle to their happiness. But Scripture teaches that suffering is a tool in the hands of our loving Father . . . to purify our faith, to humble our pride, and to draw us nearer to Jesus."But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I will come forth as gold." Job 23:10 God often uses affliction: to bring His people to repentance, to teach them humility, to refine them in the furnace of affliction, to draw them closer to Himself, to cause them to live a more holy life, to strengthen their faith, and to conform them to Christ.God's rod is a pencil to draw Christ's image upon us!God's people never grow strong in grace without trials. Troubles are the tools with which God polishes His jewels. The pruning knife is never out