Am I Being Tested?

 

by Deep Spirituality

 

 

God will test us just as he tested Abraham. this is a clear and simple truth. Reflect on these 5 surefire signs God is testing you to help get clarity on where he is trying to take you.

 

I have never liked taking academic tests. This has nothing to do with my ability to pass excel on them.

 

what makes tests distasteful to me is the enormous stress and anxiety experienced in preparing to take them.

 

Then, of course, there is the debilitating exhaustion and needed recovery after they are completed. But no matter how difficult taking academic tests might be, it is nothing compared to having our faith in God tested.

 

 

Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. [2] Then God said, "Take your son - your only son, whom you love - Isaac and go to the region of Moriah - Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you."

 

 

God will test us just as he tested Abraham. This is a clear and simple truth. I don't personally like it and can make a case that it isn't fair, but none of this will change the fact that God tests us. You might not like it and might be able to make a different case for the unjust nature of his testing but again, this will not change the fact that God tests us.

 

Perhaps you take exception, because you do not believe in God. Once again this is fine but it does to change the fact that God tests us. Like any other trial, the sooner we accept it is happening, the better our chances of passing.

 

 

Then the Lord said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions.

 

 

Obedience seems to always be a key part of God's testing. He gives us things to do which make no sense to us and are not particularly appealing although they are good for us. then he watches our response to learn exactly how we feel about our relationship with him.

 

If we trust him, we typically obey. If we don't trust him, we disobey. Either way God knows exactly how we feel about him.

 

 

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

 

 

God wants to know our hearts. He doesn't test us to punish us. His tests are unlike those we use with each other in human relationships. When we invite someone to a party, join a club, play for a team, watch a movie, go on a date or spend the rest of our lives together in marriage, we are, in each of these instances, testing the relationship. 

 

The "yes" or "no" answer determines our next step of progress or in some cases, the end of pursuit. Testing is how we determine where we are at with whoever we are attempting to build a relationship with. It's how we know what "trusting God" really means.

 

Our faith is the spiritual pathway to a relationship with God. When our faith is tested, our relationship with God is tested. Practically when our faith is tested, our life is tested. I would much rather take an academic test than submit to a test of my life. 

 

Our lives are tested in a variety of ways through the Holy Spirit. Does God test in relationships? In our jobs? With school? With bad news? Good news? We may ask, "Why am I constantly being tested? Why am I constantly facing trials?"

 

Paying attention to what's happening in our lives should lead us to see that God is trying to teach us through everyday life situations.

 

One day it might be our financial health (or the lack thereof). Another time it might be our housing situation or the state of our health. Then there are the relationship tests, be they familial, friendship or romantic, where intimacy is determined by our willingness to listen and learn, forgive and forget, challenge and change then in the end discover the authenticity of our attachment by whether we grow together or apart.

 

Finally, there is the test we sometimes forget to classify as a test, which is the job interview. We walk through the doors of a potential employer and submit ourselves to a virtual, emotional, intellectual, and sometimes deeply personal evaluation of our worthiness to work.

 

God wants to know our hearts. He doesn't test us to punish us.

 

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