1 Peter 1:7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed.
When you read up about how much heat and abuse ore has to go through to bring forward gold or steel, you will begin to see this statement in a different light.
God will allow things to come our way which we may not agree with and which we will not like – but how else is He going to allow us to see how important He is in our lives.
If we keep our eyes closed and our heart hard, then He has to use stronger and hotter environments before we weaken and let the ‘gold’ out!