Big Idea: I can embrace this trial.

1. This trial is putting me right where God wants me.

> “Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.” (v. 9)

• Mark 9:35; Luke 18:9-14; Job 1:8

2. This trial may be freeing me from an addiction to money.

> “But the rich should take pride in their humiliation— since they will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.” (James 1:10-11)

• 1 Timothy 6:10

3. This trial is making me more like Jesus. • Philippians 2:5-9