Zec 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
As God’s people, we are not exempt from trouble and difficulty. However, it is often in the trials that we make our greatest spiritual progress. It is when we see our need, when we feel our own helplessness that we cry out to God most honestly and earnestly. Our God is faithful. He hears our prayer and sends the help that we need. This is where we most clearly see God’s love and care for us. God gives witness that we belong to Him. Our heart wells up in the knowledge that we belong to Him and that He is truly OUR God.