Deuteronomy 8:2 "And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years into the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not." There are times that God will test our faith by allowing us to go to difficult times in what we would call a wilderness experience, He does it in order that you might know what's in your heart.
Remember: It's not faith until it's tested. It will be ...revealed if its weak and unable to help you through the testing of difficult times. He doesn't test you to find out if you have faith or not because He already knows. He tests you because you really don't know how strong you are, He uses times of testing to help you realize it.
Psalm 139 23 Search me, oh God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
God is not necessarily behind all the hard times you experience in your life, even if he does allow them. He will use them to show you your weaknesses. He allows this to make you spiritually stronger, and you will be stronger if you trust Him lead and guide you.
James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Remember if you feel you cannot hear His voice no matter how much you pray and cry out to God that a teacher never speaks during a test. The teacher is always present, but will never speak during a test. The teacher does not allow a student to take the test until the teacher knows the student is ready and can pass the test. The teacher wants the student to succeed and continue to the next level.
Father, show me the things about myself the enemy doesn't want me to know. Amen.
His best to you,
Samuel - Smashing Pillars...raising sons
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