Which way you going?

“But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.” - Job 23:10-11

He really knows the way that I take. When God has allowed trials and trouble to come our way, he knows the way we will take. He does this to refine us, like gold is refined. Nothing is purified without heat or a act of destroying the current environment. So how do we follow God during the testing times like Job.

Here's the hard part. Job said he followed HIS steps and that he kept HIS way without turning aside. Most of the time the first sign of trouble we revert to the sins that comfort us or the character flaws start floating to the surface. We turn to our reasoning and our ways. This is a part of the refining though. God is seeking to get us out of our own way so we can follow his.