In this next "Pearl," I will begin with the verse that "All things work together for good to them that love God" Romans 8:28.  Does that mean bad things are working together for good and that they aren't really bad?  All things have been created with a purpose.  He creates darkness for a purpose.  Isaiah 45:7 tells us that "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these." As we continue to allow the Father to perfect and establish his perfect will in our life, he is forming us each day.  The process of how he forms us is misunderstood by many.  There is a refining process where God forms and shapes us.  This verse is Isaiah 48:10 "Behold I have refined thee, but not with silver, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." God is saying that he refines and forms us in a furnace of affliction.  Yet, through what process does he put us through a furnace of affliction?  That question takes us to the verse Isaiah 54:16 "I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work, and I have created the waster to destroy." Who is the blacksmith that is blowing the coals, creating more heat and pressure in your life?  The blacksmith is Satan and it says that God created him and that he created the waster to destroy.  God has a purpose for all of his creation.  Will we ever understand it?  The smith was created to bring forth an instrument of glory, an instrument to be yielded by God.  In many cases, our "attacks" from the enemy are ordained steps in our transformation.  When a baker wants to create a cake, they first must sift the flour, otherwise, the flour is unfit to create a cake.  I find it strange that Jesus never rebuked Satan when he knew in advance that Satan was coming to test Simon Peter.  Jesus prayed that Peter would pass his test and complete his refining process.  The verse states "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired you, that he may sift you as wheat.  But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not" Luke 22:31-32.  The point of these biblical references is to understand how believers go through trials, tests, and tribulations and come out perfected.  Satan had considered Simon Peter for the testing of his faith.  Even though Peter denied Jesus, it was part of a transformative process that led him to be one of the boldess disciples.  This word "considered" packs a heavy meaning.  Next look at the verse in Job 1:8, "And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job." What is God asking exactly?  The word for "considered" in the ancient Hebrew has similar roots to the word "Pestle and Mortar," and "Furnace." Both of these devices are used to create something and to form it.  When God was asking Satan if he had considered Job, he was asking him if he had put him through the furnace of affliction.  Think about it, why would God want the "enemy" to draw attention to us, unless it was for a greater purpose.  After Satan was allowed to sift, test, refine, and perfect Job, Job came was more blessed and walked in a greater glory.  If you are going through something, remember whether it be an attack or a test, it will work together for your good if you love God and believe you already have the victory in the name of Yahshua.