God is preparing us for what he has prepared us for. Being a Christian means we have been accepted and justified before God; but it doesn’t mean we suddenly become perfect – at least not straight away – it means we are being sanctified (made holy); we are being prepared and made ready for perfection again. Our trials and tribulations test and discipline us; they refine us. Like purifying gold in a furnace… when the dross is burned off and removed what’s revealed underneath is pure gold. – God is preparing us for what he has prepared us for.