Tested

Why God Why!?   How many times have we asked that question?
even Job asked God what he had done wrong to deserve such treatment.

We often get the wrong idea about personal trials… For some reason we truly believe God wants us to prove how serious we are about serving him… that we are truly committed and not just flakes holding on to an easy out.   But when the trials get seriously difficult we begin to wonder if we are being punished somehow and we begin to question God’s purpose.   Why is it that after ages of reading of the love of the Father for his children and how he wants to bless us and give us abundant lives… we still stoop to the tribal, primitive and downright heathen beliefs that God is a “Man in the sky” that rains down destruction, judgement, and “tests” of our faithfulness.

God knows our hearts inside and out… he doesn’t need to test us to prove our loyalty. But as a loving Father he wants to test us to expose who we really are to ourselves.

We often build up images of ourselves that are quite favorable and help us have great self-worth but what value is our self-worth if we establish it based on lies?  God wants us to discover our true value from his perspective… the trials we endure are for our own good… and they make us stronger and more dependent on him.  So if you find yourself in a tough place begin to look for what your situation is bringing out in you… what it is exposing… and deal with it… the sooner you do, the sooner you will move on and you will see the glory of God being revealed in your life!