God Testing People

Me: I don’t know how perfect these are.

Prodigal: It is not about perfection. It is about the journey.

This is from the book When God Says Wait by Elizabeth Laing Thompson

We are not going to do the “does God test people” topic complete justice here because it’s complicated, but a fair, brief summary would be this: Yes, God sometimes test us (Deuteronomy 13:3; 1 Chronicles 29:17). But by God tests us, we don’t mean He puts us through trials to see if we fail (even secretly hoping we will fail). No, when God tests us, He is looking to find out what is in our hearts. He is looking to expose strength and weakness, to show us where we are and where we need to grow. His tests are not so much like a driver’s license exam–you pass or fail–but like the diagnostic tests a car manufacturer does on the cars themselves before releasing them into the world. The manufacturer needs to know if the vehicles are safe and ready for the road or if they need more work before they leave the factory.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org

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