Just as gold is purified through high temperatures, so we are tested as gold, through pain, God cleanses our impurities and purifies us to be ready for battle. At first we do not understand, we even complain and think that God has abandoned us, but the truth is that, despite the pain, suffering or anguish He is there in the middle of the test, bringing comfort and strength, what matters in the end it is how we will be for his glory and honor, we all have a great purpose to fulfill in the Lord and nobody escapes from the furnace. God bless you greatly thanks for your teaching.