Salted With Fire Seasoned By TrialsAir Date: Apr. 01, 2025

Beth Barlet (00:01)
Have you ever faced a challenge that felt insurmountable? In these moments, it’s easy to feel like the fire is consuming us. But today, I dive into how the very flames that threaten to overwhelm us can actually be used by God to refine us for our good. Let’s get to it. Salty begins right now.

Beth Barlet (00:43)
Welcome to Salted, where I help you uncover the transformative power to know and love Jesus in His fullness and stir up revival within your heart. Join me, Beth Barlett, as I come alongside you every week on the narrow path that draws us into a deeper relationship with Jesus. Get ready to be encouraged, empowered, ignited and equipped as we pursue authentic discipleship to influence the world for the Kingdom of God.

Beth Barlet (01:13)
Hey everyone, welcome to the latest and newest episode of the Salted Podcast. I hope everyone is having an amazing week this week. I’m so excited to get down into the topic that we’ll be discussing today about trial and how God in His faithfulness and sovereignty and goodness uses all things, even things that are uncomfortable in our suffering for our good. So I hope you guys are ready to just see what the Lord has in store for us and that

I pray this episode would encourage your heart in whatever you’re walking through. All right, well in today’s episode, I specifically dive into what we all have either inevitably walked through, are currently in, or will walk through in the future, the wilderness.

I want to talk about how fiery trials and sufferings in this life not only work together for those who love God called to His purposes, but also how to wait well while in the trial and not waste all that the Lord wants to do in us for our good. More specifically, I want to hover over verse Mark 9 where Jesus tells the disciples that we all would be salted with fire and the key ways that fiery trials

of life work to refine our hearts and mindsets, to make us more pleasing living sacrifices and to be more like Jesus

and simply help promote our spiritual growth. So to get started, let me tell you a little bit about what Jesus has done in my life and my time in the wilderness that seemed to last forever, but one that powerfully marked me for the Kingdom of Heaven. I remember quite vividly the day when I surrendered my everything to Jesus and the magnitude of the power, love, mercy, and grace that changed my heart opened my eyes in terms for my life.

I really could not get enough of his presence, his word, and the eternal truth that would eventually, supernaturally establish and build my eternal and entire existence. I no longer live, but Christ now lives inside of me. And all I desired was to know him more intimately, love him more deeply, and serve him the best ways I knew how to honor him, show my love for him, and glorify his name.

born again into the kingdom of God, the things that were most important to me before I got saved were no longer. My sole heart desire was to spread the love of Jesus, obey his commands, and share his amazing grace with the entire world. However, even though I was given a new heart and new desires when I received the Holy Spirit into my life, there was so much more that the Lord needed and continues to need to do in me. And as a baby Christian, although I was hungry for God’s word and presence,

I did not fully know what it meant to live out and experience the full meaning of following Jesus as a disciple. I needed to grow in my spiritual maturity, humility, dependence, and be given the chance to exercise and grow my faith in the goodness and faithfulness of God. And looking back, I know the Lord knew I needed to walk through trial and hardship to forge my faith and trust in Him and supernaturally learn what it meant to fully seek and surrender to His will as I chose to trust in Him.

And through the leading of the Holy Spirit, I was led immediately into the wilderness where I would be tested and sanctified. Or as Jesus put it in Mark 9,

salted with fire. Now almost immediately after being born again into the kingdom of heaven, the Lord placed a never before strong desire in my heart to bear a child. Now once a woman who walked in utmost selfishness not wanting children because of the fear that it would take away my freedom and happiness, suddenly raising a son or daughter for God’s kingdom became all I desired for what Jesus had done for me as a deep form of worship. To be honest with you, before finding Jesus and just how

obsessed I was, I wouldn’t say obsessed, but just how concerned I was with my own comfort and happiness. I remember Googling these surveys about whether or not people were happier with kids or without kids. And some surveys said, yes, they were happier. And some surveys said, no, they wish they were single again. And I literally would take these surveys as these important, profound markers on my decision on whether or not I wanted to have kids and

me and my husband would go back and forth. And, you know, we were so involved in our careers and traveling all over the world and our dogs. And, you know, one day we would say, yes, we do want them. Another day that we didn’t. And

It was just something that we wrestled with all the time, but something that never really.

burned in my heart for or that I deeply desired until I found the Lord. But anyway, after finding the Lord and my heart was transformed by his grace, I believed that dedicating my life to training and teaching my children to love, serve, and glorify God after all that he had done for me and my husband was one of the best forms of worship I could offer.

And at the very beginning of the season, I remember vividly the Lord telling me that I would have a son and that I would name him Joshua. In faith, I knew in my heart that the Lord had spoken to me and I clung to this promise, never letting go. However, the dream the Lord had given me seemed lost as year after year, my pregnancy tests returned negative. I went through one of the toughest times in my life dealing with all the emotions and longing that comes with a barren womb.

and the long suffering that comes with infertility. If you haven’t walked through it, I can’t explain enough about the desperation and longing as a woman who has difficulty having a child. And actually in the Bible is one of the things that cannot be quenched, Proverbs 13, 15. And one can see the desperation through the prayers of Hannah. And I just read a study on how the stress of a woman with infertility is equated to one who has cancer. And I can even remember a low time in my struggle and fighting the lies of the enemy.

struggling to stand firm in faith in my moments of weakness, hating my body so much that I actually would at times feel like I wanted to rip off my skin because it failed me. For a long six years and thousands of tears, almost over a hundred negative pregnancy tests, I wrestled with God and fought fear and doubt, pushing back and forth with the enemy, even when it seemed as if God was silent or he had forgotten me. It seemed as if everyone around me would get pregnant, even those I felt in their sin and my self-righteousness and

bitterness didn’t deserve God’s blessing. And I remember crying out multiple times wondering if God heard me, saw me, and truly caught the endless tears I cried in my desperation, feeling as if he had forsaken me. My faith was tested and the trust was forged as I dealt with doubt, anger, frustration, feelings of abandonment, jealousy, and anxiety.

However, God showed me that despite my feelings, he was faithful. And he helped me to trust in his sovereignty, faithfulness, mercy, goodness, and love for me and my family. Every step of the way through his word, his small voice, dreams, et cetera, he would encourage me speak to me and confirm his promise to me every step of the way. He taught me how to fully submit and surrender to his will over my life, even if things didn’t turn out the way I planned or in my timing. No matter what, he was still good.

And Jesus helped me understand that in my extreme emptiness, he and he alone could fill the void in my heart

As his child, his plans for my life and all eternity were far beyond anything I could ever imagine or fathom. He had the best

most perfect plan laid out for my life as his steadfast love and goodness continued to pursue me.

And it was time in the wilderness where the Lord led me to examine and meditate on the time He led His people into the wilderness after being delivered from slavery in Egypt and figures in scripture who walked through their own.

Looking back, I realized that even though it was the toughest time of my life, it was also the best. It may have seemed like years wasted wandering through a barren wilderness, but with the Holy Spirit’s perspective, I came to realize my time in what seemed as the driest desert was an actuality and oasis of life. It wasn’t one of barrenness but a spiritual fruit and harvest, one of strategic preparation and sovereign delay.

I came to realize that understanding there is a supernatural eternal purpose in our difficult season and our difficult seasons are key in navigating through them.

It protects us from aimlessly wandering in protest, unbelief and fear, and allows us to align with God’s best for our lives. Trials remind us of our reliance on God and the hope we have in Him. They teach us to look beyond our current circumstances and trust in His promises. This cultivated hope sustains us through difficulty,

and keeps us focused on the ultimate reward of eternal life. Ultimately, trials prepare us for the glory that awaits us in heaven. The experiences we endure on earth are refining us to be vessels of honor ready to glorify God both now and in eternity. This perspective encourages us to view our struggle as part of God’s greater plan for our lives. In the book of Exodus that describes the journey of the Israelites’ time in the wilderness, we can glean a lot from their journey and what they endured.

It’s no coincidence and with intentional purpose that God led his people through a 40 year journey that should have only taken 11 days into the promised land. God had a purpose for their good. He knew their need and made them take the long journey to prepare them for his promises and their need to be refined, healed, matured, humbled and tested from their state of slavery and the worldly state of Egypt. He needed to purge them, refine them from their old belief system and ways of life. Similarly,

After we have been saved from the slavery of sin, there is so much in our hearts and minds that needs to be transformed and healed from our own lives in the world before Jesus and before we can move from glory to glory and strength to strength into the purposes and plans for us as vessels to accomplish His will for His Kingdom. In hard times as we wander through the wilderness, we confront our helplessness and weakness regarding things beyond our control. These moments bring us to a place of beautiful humility, unwavering faith,

and complete dependency on our Creator. They help us overcome our prideful nature and bring us to our knees, reminding us of our frailty and weakness and that God alone is our sustenance and provider. It liberates us from the attachments of worldly idols and teaches us that true joy comes not from circumstances, but from Jesus alone, believing that even if not God, you are still good and it took me years to come to this place of surrender in my heart. In these circumstances,

We are forced to trust in God alone, that we don’t live on bread alone but the Word of God, Jesus and His presence. And it’s these times that increase our hunger and thirst for Him when everything else fails us.

In times of trial, we often turn to God more fervently in prayer and worship, and this dependence fosters a deep relationship, allowing us to experience His presence and love in profound ways. The intimacy developed during these times helps us to recognize His faithfulness and strengthens our commitment to Him. You know,

It was my time in the wilderness where the Lord showed me like Hannah what true intercession was and what it meant to boldly come to His throne and His mercy seat, believing who He was and that He was there through my desperation, crying out to Him, longing for Him, He was collecting my tears every step of the way, hearing me, seeing me, and understanding what I was going through. It also redirected my focus from worldly concerns to eternal values.

Trials encourage us to seek God’s purpose for our lives and to prioritize His kingdom over our desires. This alignment with God’s will prepares us to fulfill the call He has placed on our lives. Adversity also brought me into a better position to know the Lord and many times we seek joy from the blessings of God gives us but sometimes He shows us by stripping us of these blessings, allowing us to suffer in love.

We can only trust God though when we realize how much He loves us.

It was my time in the wilderness where I learned to experience God and it drew me closer to Him and He always showed up to encourage and reassure me of His presence and promises and taught me that even in my darkest, lowest moments, He’s all that I need and that He is enough. And we must be deeply intimate with God through prayer and reading His Word to bear His fruit, to decrease our flesh and increase our ability to walk in the Spirit and prove to be purified vessels, to be proven faithful

and trustworthy to be used by God for his purposes. And

Like the biblical character Jacob, I was one who like many had a strong affinity to control and take things into my own hands, full of pride, self-sufficiency, and control. But it wasn’t until after fear, uncertainty, doubt, and my faith was challenged and I wrestled with and encountered the presence of God, that He transformed me into one that relies upon God. And our time in the wilderness is our time of molding and breaking as we wrestle with God in the secret place.

As I began my walk with the Lord, I realized I needed sanctification. My desire for more of Him required faith to grow and a heart that reflected Christ-likeness as a new citizen of heaven. And after being born again, God salted me with fire, refining and purifying me. I had to break free from many aspects of my own life that hindered my walk and a manner worthy of my calling in Christ.

Idols needed to be torn down, and the desires of self, pride, and fear had to be broken.

My mindset needed renewal so I could fully walk by the Spirit and embrace my new self through the blood of Christ.

And ancient Hebrew times, fire often symbolized trial, hardship, and refinement in the Old Testament. Conversely, salt represented the power to preserve and purify.

It was particularly used to enhance animal sacrifices, making them more pleasing to the Lord when combined with flames on the altar. This process purified, exposed, and removed impurities from the offering. Being salted is synonymous with sanctification by the power of the Holy Spirit. Throughout scripture, we see that God uses hardships, suffering, and fiery trials to purify us and prepare us for eternity, molding us more into the image of Christ. God uses trials as the refining fire

that reveals and removes impurities from our hearts. Just as salt preserves and purifies, the difficulties we face help cleanse us from sin and distractions in this world. This purification process aligns our hearts more closely with God’s will and character, making us more receptive to His guidance. And our time in the wilderness reveals the true state of our hearts and prompts us to evaluate our relationship with Jesus. It forces us to test the foundation upon which our faith is built. And like the Israelites and Joseph,

God leads us into times of hardship and trial to humble us and test us, to see what is in our hearts, to see whether or not we will keep His commands. Deuteronomy 8.1 As New Testament believers, we are called to be living sacrifices as an act of worship. In Malachi 3, we learn that just as silver and gold are refined, God walks us through the refiner’s fire. And the Holy Spirit sanctifies and consecrates us more fully to Himself, conforming us into the image of His Son.

The fire we endure through trials and sufferings helps us cease from our sins, allowing us to be metaphorically assaulted, supernaturally transformed to possess a radically devoted heart, wholly consecrated before God. You know, I’ve always loved the analogy of the silversmith, which beautifully illustrates how we are refined by God. The fire, as discussed, symbolizes the trials and suffering that a cause allows in the lives of Christians. It’s hot, and Christians must be placed in the middle of it to burn away impurities.

The silversmith represents God, who watches over Christians as they are refined. He must sit and keep an eye on the silver the entire time it’s in the fire. And the reflection. The silversmith knows the fire is refined when he sees his reflection in it. Similarly, Christians can tell they are refined when they start to see Christ’s in themselves. And the purpose? The purpose of the refining process to conform Christians to the character of Jesus.

the result is a Christ-like character that is more valuable than gold. And when Christians face trials, they should respond by rejoicing in their inheritance, recognizing the purpose of the trials and remaining steadfast in their faith with an eternal perspective. We can also look at another metaphor that Jesus uses to describe the refining of our hearts where we are their branches and he is the vine and our father is the vinedresser. Remembering that we as branches must not only stay connected to the vine to produce good fruit,

that we must be cut back and pruned to bear greater fruit and yield a bigger harvest for the kingdom.

But also, if you do more research about grapevines and branches, they actually yield the best fruit during times of tension, such as wind, storm, or rocks that are impending the growth on the ground. And the tension actually acts as a catalyst for growth, just as the trials of our lives are catalysts for spiritual growth and maturity.

to bear a better harvest for the fruit of the Spirit as ambassadors for Christ’s kingdom. When things are going well, we often feel as if we don’t need God. Even with hearts of thanksgiving, we can become complacent. It is in the valley where intimacy with God is forged. And God never uses trials to punish us. Rather, out of His unconditional love and mercy, He allows them to burn away what hinders us or full surrender to His will and word.

This helps us fulfill the purposes He has prepared for us on this side of heaven. God salts us with fire to sanctify us and purify us into the image of His Son because He loves us. And just as the vine dresser prunes the vine in a healthy vineyard to yield a greater harvest, so too does our Christ prune the branches of our lives to produce richer and finer fruit for His Kingdom. It is times of hardship where, like olives, we are pressed on every side in order to produce more precious and anointed oil

to be used for God’s special purposes. God may use trials to test our earnestness and remind us that He alone is our first love, our only source of sustenance, joy, peace, satisfaction, and provision. And scripture teaches us that out of His love, righteousness, and faithfulness, that God afflicts us for our good, Psalm 119.

I now fully understand what scripture means when it says that God disciplines those he loves. Reflecting on my childhood, I remember the strictness of my parents, a discipline I once deemed so unfair. However, like our Heavenly Father, I now see that their discipline was motivated by love

and intended for my protection, just as I see that I need to discipline my own children because I love them and want the best for them. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. By sovereignty leading me into the wilderness after my salvation, God knew I needed to be tested and humbled, just like the people of Israel. He sought to grow and mature me into the vessel he desired so I could be used that much more for his glory today by working on my character.

The genuism of our faith, which is much more precious than gold that perishes, though tested by fire, may be found in praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 1 7. We must remember that our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

2 Corinthians 4 17. who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Melchizedek 3 2 3. Under God’s sovereign and protective hand, his mercy and loving-kindness often lead us through trials to confront issues we may be blind to or refuse to address.

God may withdraw his hand of peace to get our attention when we are in a state of regression, rebellion, or stagnation, signaling that our foundation needs to be relayed. As we navigate those trials, it’s essential to reflect and ask the Holy Spirit what He desires to accomplish within us. We must yield our hearts and remind our minds His will for our lives.

The refining fire we endure can either be destructive or transformative. The outcome depends on the posture of our hearts and our willingness to submit to God’s redemptive work. By embracing this process, we align ourselves more closely with Christ-likeness, preparing ourselves for His imminent return.

We must surrender and allow the suffering of the flesh to complete its work so that from that point forward we can begin to live according to the will of God instead of our own. As illustrated by biblical figures like Joseph and David, our times in the wilderness deepen our reliance on God and prepare us for the greater task he has planned for us in his kingdom.

Preparation for promotion through maturity occurs in the wilderness. With enemy and means for evil, God always uses us for good. Trials equip us with the divine strength we desperately need for our next season. Jesus teaches us that apart from Him, we can do nothing, John 15. And difficult times compel us to exercise our faith and dependency on God. They test us, humble us, and mature our character, increasing our capacity to walk in the Spirit, making us more useful for His Kingdom, as previously discussed.

As I clung to God’s word during this hard time, it was the story of Joseph that the Lord used to encourage me the most on my journey and in actuality it is the best example of what the Lord does in our times of trial and I think one of the best examples of Romans 8.28.

Joseph was a figure who fully understood may your will be done. And he represented someone who was salted with fire through all the trials and hardships that he went through, who despite his circumstances, align his heart with God’s will and trusted him with his life, growing continually in his ability to surrender to God’s plan.

There is so much that could be unpacked in this story, however for our purposes I’ll be brief.

Joseph’s story in the Bible found in Genesis is a powerful narrative of resilience and faith. Despite facing numerous trials, including false accusations in prison, he remains faithful to God.

Joseph’s trials serve as a refining fire that shapes his character, teaching him patience, integrity, and humility. And each hardship prepares him for his God-given role as a leader and savior, demonstrating how trials can develop essential qualities and align individuals with their divine purpose. His story exemplifies that through faith and perseverance, God can transform difficult experiences into opportunities for growth and fulfillment of his plans.

If both Joseph and even the biblical character David hadn’t been refined in their wildernesses, they would not have been able to successfully uphold the offices and the maturity needed in which they were anointed and given.

Each had to successfully stand firm in their faith in the secret place and battles fought behind closed doors.

but for they could rule and fight the larger battles destined for them with great responsibility within God’s kingdom later in life. Trials are stepping stones that take us from where we are to where Jesus has destined us to be, allowing us to walk in the fullness of our calling. As God transforms us into His vessels refined like gold for good use in His kingdom, He dismantles what was built in our flesh and molds us like clay into spiritual houses that can withstand fire. It helps us prepare us to be able to handle our destiny

and the calling He has forged for us to accomplish on this earth. To remove everything that would prevent us from doing His will, bad character gives God a bad name. And time in the wilderness builds our character traits such as resilience, patience, and humility. And these qualities are essential for a life that reflects Christ and serves others effectively. Romans 5, 3, 4 states that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance character, and character hope, all of which are crucial for spiritual growth.

And God uses these wilderness experiences characterized by lack, dryness, and bareness to build our faith by demonstrating His supernatural provision, mercy, faithfulness, and goodness. It exercises our endurance, maturing our character, and fortifying our faith so we can be made holy, useful to our Master, and prepared for every good work. 2 Timothy 2.21 We can look at the lives of Moses, Elijah,

Joseph, Gideon, and John the Baptist and see that each spent time in the wilderness preparing them for God’s call. The wilderness strips away immaturity, impulsivity, arrogance, pride, and ignorance, tearing down idols and severing ties to the world’s influences and temptations. It burns dependence, humility, holiness, righteousness, obedience, and genuine intimacy, qualities necessary for being used by God. And God’s Word reminds us to humble ourselves under His mighty hand.

so that in due time He would exalt us. In our trials we are tested to reveal to us if we truly revere and fear God. Like in Genesis 22, He reveals what’s in our hearts and if we are willing to give up what we hold most dear for Him and Him alone, as when Abraham offers his one and only Son.

And even Jesus, immediately after his baptism, was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to endure hardship, lack, and temptation in preparation for ministry. When God leads us through the refiner’s fire,

He prepares us not only for our eternal promised land, but also equips us to build a legacy for future generations so that they may know that their Lord God is almighty, the great I Am, and is in the valleys that we often experience life-changing encounters with God,

We must believe though that after we have suffered a little while, that God of all mercy and grace who has called us to his eternal glory in Jesus will restore, confirm, strengthen and reestablish us. 1 Peter 5. Trials will come, the fire will come, the salt, the seasoning and the opportunities will arise. We can choose to receive them to be transformed by them. Then God will restore us, establish us and exalt us.

Also, many times trials test our faith, pushing us to rely on God rather than our own understanding and strength. And it’s this reliance that builds spiritual muscle, deepening our trust in Him. Teaching us that testing our faith produces perseverance, leading to spiritual maturity. The more we endure, the stronger our faith becomes. Looking back, I can see that my time in the wilderness was an opportunity to build my faith muscles. Fire doesn’t just refine, it can also be uncomfortable.

And when we face fiery trials, we have countless opportunities to exercise our faith. Every time Satan comes at us with his lies, trying to instill fear and doubt, we must change our perspective and see that it’s an opportunity to exercise our faith so it becomes stronger.

And with each opportunity we must remember who God is in His character and all that He has done in us our lives. Our time in the wilderness allows us to observe and experience firsthand and encounter the ways of God more deeply and clearly as He draws His closer to Himself and reveals His nature.

Scripture reminds us to resist the enemy who prowls around like a lion and each time he resists his lies and stand firm in truth, our spiritual muscles like our physical grow stronger. And like any athlete, we must endure resistance to build muscle. It’s not easy, it’s hard work. But if we don’t exercise our faith, it will atrophy and weaken. Listen, I am not a fan of weight training. I’d rather run a marathon than lift weights at the gym.

But the same concept applies to our faith. When the fiery trials come, Satan is there, urging us to give up, telling us that God doesn’t care, and that we’ll all end badly. And if our muscles are weak, we are more likely to give in to temptation and falter and agree with the enemy instead of agreeing with God.

Every time we stand firm, raising our shield of faith, believing God hears us, and every time we praise Him in advance for what He will do, we build our spiritual muscles. But it comes like weight training when it takes us out of our comfort zones, we experience the burn or pain of suffering as the muscle is broken down in order to grow stronger.

After six years of negative pregnancy tests, I never gave up hope. I stood firm on his character and promises. In God’s perfect timing on January 3rd, 2023, I gave birth to my beautiful son.

And as I’m compiling this episode, God bless us with a second blessing. And I have a sweet daughter who is now six months.

I believe that those six years of walking through God’s refining fire prepared me to be a better mother, enabling me to raise, teach, and train my children for His glory. This journey also equipped me to write to you with insights on how to live in a way that glorifies God for all eternity through trial. I remember a friend expressing sympathy for me during my season of suffering, but I gently rebuked her saying no. Although this has been the hardest and longest season of hardship, and my heart feels frail and vulnerable, it has also been the best years of my life.

is in the season that I like Jacob have wrestled with and encountered God. This is where he took hold of my entire heart, revealed his glory and set me on fire to burn relentlessly for him and further his gospel every day of my life. God used my circumstances to work in me according to his good pleasure, conforming me more beautiful into the image of his son.

He prepared me to be the Spirit-led mother He knew He would appoint me to today. And this process forged the faith I needed to face future trials and tests, enabling me to make significant and challenging decisions of obedience that would further define my calling and path toward my destiny, and to even prepare my heart and teach me His ways that I could in turn, encourage you in your trial today. I want to offer hope to everyone walking through a trial. It was during my trials that I fell deeply in love with Jesus and became wholly devoted to Him.

In those challenging moments, I was freed from worldly attachments, allowing me to experience the fullness of life found in a heart completely sold out for Jesus. I learned that He is our bread alone and through suffering, I discovered the pure joy of the Lord, a joy that cannot be found in worldly possessions or circumstances, but one that surpasses all we could desire or imagine. And He is all we will ever want or need. Sister, whatever you are facing,

whether it’s a personal trial, difficulty, or uncertainty, know that it is an opportunity to grow in your faith and trust the Lord. During your wilderness, I urge you to stand firm in God’s truth about who He is and focus on what He wants to do in your heart. Take heart, be encouraged, praise the Lord with thanksgiving because He loves you so much that He is consecrating you, humbling you, and stirring you. You are being salted and sanctified into the image of your Savior. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.

Be still and know that He is God. We can choose to be bitter or allow God to make us better depending on our posture and perspective or our heart. Whenever you are in a trial, do not let your emotions lead you while in the wilderness because they will ultimately fail you. Instead, it is impaired that you stand firm on the truth of God’s Word and what He is saying to you. And perhaps God is using this trial to level you up in your faith for the next season that He has for you.

Take joy in the trials and don’t miss this opportunity to seek the Lord with all your heart and surrender to what He wants to accomplish within you. Remember His goodness, faithfulness, and sovereign power. He desires to prosper you and give you hope and a future. Though you are suffering now, He will restore, exalt, and promote you. This temporary trial is nothing compared to the glory that awaits you. Keep standing firm in faith, fight the good fight, but also fully surrender to Him your heart.

believing that even if not and things don’t turn out the way you expect, he is still good. I love you all. I can’t wait to be with you here next time.

Beth Barlet (32:54)
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