Episode 95 Tested by God

Are you being tested? Does God test His children? If so, why does He test us and how? So often when we face trials and testing we lose sight of what God is doing, what He is after in our lives. God is working for eternity, and so often we are just looking at temporal things. But we are told that one day everything that we see around us will be burned up, and only what is of God will last. Today we review some accounts in the scriptures where men were being tested by God, asking God for light on our own pathway that we may see clearly what God wants to teach us in our own testing.

• Christ is our example (Mat. 4:1-10, Heb. 2:17-18, 4:15-16, 5:8-9)
• God is not afraid to test what He has built in us
• Testing reveals who we are:
• • What we have learned
  • Weakness where we need to be strengthened
• Tests reveal hidden things
• • Hidden motives (pride, independence)
  • Un-crucified flesh (self)
• Consider Abraham, the father of faith
• Consider Israel (Deut. 8:2, Ex. 16:4)
• Tests reveal if we are living by the faith of God or not (Heb. 12:2)
• God’s testing gives opportunity for Him to be glorified in and through our lives
• We are told to welcome tests (James 1:3-8)

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• Theme song “Will Your Anchor Hold” sung by J. Ashley Milne
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