Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: (1 Peter 4:12)

Many times we, as human beigns have the tendency to question why we go through trials. Even as men and women of God we often wonder why we go through the things we do. After reading this scrpiture over and over again I have become to understand why I go through things each and everyday.I hope what I have found helps you as much as it does me.
In this scripture, the people that Peter wrote this letter to are wondering why God is allowing them to go through trials. I can only imagine that some of them were thinking, "has God forsaken us, or does he just not care about us anymore." Because as people we naturally think the worst of things. But, in the letter Peter is explaining that even the beloved people of God go through trial and tests. When he refers to a fiery trial, he is making a refernce to that of a metal worker. Take for instance a Goldsmith. A gold smith has to take the gold he wants to use to make something and put it through extremely heat to make it malleable enough to bend it and shape it the way he wants it. It alos goes through extreme heat to purify it. God puts us through trials so that he can make us better. He allows us to go through tough times to get all of the impurities out and make us malleable, so that he can shape us and use us the way he wants to.
So, next time you or I go through a trail let's remember to thank God and allow him to put us through that "extreme" heat to get out the impurities and allow him to shape us and use us into what he wants us to be.