WHY DOESN'T GOD KEEP US FROM TESTS AND TRIALS? ( DAN. 6:16)
BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD, ALL OF US WILL FACE TIMES OF SUFFERING AND HEARTACHE. SOMETIMES GOD KEEPS US FROM CERTAIN TESTS AND TRIALS, BUT AT OTHER TIMES HE ALLOWS THEM, KNOWING THAT THE TESTING STRENGTHENS AND PERFECTS OUR FAITH IN HIM.
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH - AND IF TRIALS, TESTS, AND SUFFERING ARE WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO HAVE IT, THEN HE'LL FALLOW THEM. EVEN THE STRONGEST FAITH IN GOD DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL BE SPARED LIFE'S TRIALS.
DANIELS FAITH WAS SEVERELY TESTED, BUT HE EMERGED VICITORIUOS. DANIEL REFUSED TO COMPROMISE HIS LOVE FOR GOD BY WORSHIPING KING DARIUS. HE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT HIS OBEDEIENCE TO GOD WOULD JEPRODIZE HIS LIFE (DAN, 6:16)- BUT HE CHOSE THE PATH OF THE OTHER FAITHFUL BELIEVERS WHO "DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES TO THE DEATH" (REV. 12:11).
MANY OF GOD'S GREATEST SAINTS-THOSE IN THE BIBLE AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT CHRISTIAN HISTORY-FACED VARING DEGREES OF SUFFERING. ALL OF THEM, HOWEVER,DEVELOPED AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH THAT PROVIDED THE INNER STRENGTH THEY NEEDED TO FACE EVERY DIFFICULTY WITH HOPE AND BLESSED ASSURANCE.
DO YOU HAVE AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH ? ARE YOU IN AN EXTREME PLACE OF TESTING? IF SO,DO NOT BE AFRAID. GOD HAS PLANNED THIS VERY MOMENT, AND HE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO TRUST HIM PERFECTLY.
A PERSON WITH AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH NEVER JUDGES GOD'S FAITHFULNESS BY HIS OR HER FEELINGS. INSTEAD, HE OR SHE BELEIVES AND TRUST GOD THROUGH MANY SEASONS OF LIFE, KNOWING THAT IN THE END, GOD'S PLAN WILL EMERGE AS PERFECT.
AT TIMES IN OUR WALK WITH GOD, HE MAY REQUIRE YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT, FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, SEEMS UNREASONABLE. FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE IN PERFECT ALIGNMENT WITH HIS WORD AND IT WILL TURN OUT FOR YOU BENEFIT.
HIS GOAL IS THAT YOU ACQUIRE A "PERFECT FAITH"-BUT HE KNOWS YOUR WEAKNESS. OPEN YOUR HEART TO HIS LOVE AND GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE HIS FAITHFULNESS. THAT IS WHAT DANIEL DID, AND GOD MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO WALK AWAY FROM THE LIONS DEN WITH A SONG OF VICTORY ON HIS LIPS.
WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF FAITH IN GOD? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS PROMISED? ARE YOU CONVINCED THAT HE HAS ALREADY MOVED HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR YOU, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MOVE TOWARD HIS BLESSING?
BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A FALLEN WORLD, ALL OF US WILL FACE TIMES OF SUFFERING AND HEARTACHE. SOMETIMES GOD KEEPS US FROM CERTAIN TESTS AND TRIALS, BUT AT OTHER TIMES HE ALLOWS THEM, KNOWING THAT THE TESTING STRENGTHENS AND PERFECTS OUR FAITH IN HIM.
GOD WANTS US TO HAVE AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH - AND IF TRIALS, TESTS, AND SUFFERING ARE WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO HAVE IT, THEN HE'LL FALLOW THEM. EVEN THE STRONGEST FAITH IN GOD DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL BE SPARED LIFE'S TRIALS.
DANIELS FAITH WAS SEVERELY TESTED, BUT HE EMERGED VICITORIUOS. DANIEL REFUSED TO COMPROMISE HIS LOVE FOR GOD BY WORSHIPING KING DARIUS. HE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT HIS OBEDEIENCE TO GOD WOULD JEPRODIZE HIS LIFE (DAN, 6:16)- BUT HE CHOSE THE PATH OF THE OTHER FAITHFUL BELIEVERS WHO "DID NOT LOVE THEIR LIVES TO THE DEATH" (REV. 12:11).
MANY OF GOD'S GREATEST SAINTS-THOSE IN THE BIBLE AND OTHERS THROUGHOUT CHRISTIAN HISTORY-FACED VARING DEGREES OF SUFFERING. ALL OF THEM, HOWEVER,DEVELOPED AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH THAT PROVIDED THE INNER STRENGTH THEY NEEDED TO FACE EVERY DIFFICULTY WITH HOPE AND BLESSED ASSURANCE.
DO YOU HAVE AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH ? ARE YOU IN AN EXTREME PLACE OF TESTING? IF SO,DO NOT BE AFRAID. GOD HAS PLANNED THIS VERY MOMENT, AND HE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO TRUST HIM PERFECTLY.
A PERSON WITH AN UNSHAKEABLE FAITH NEVER JUDGES GOD'S FAITHFULNESS BY HIS OR HER FEELINGS. INSTEAD, HE OR SHE BELEIVES AND TRUST GOD THROUGH MANY SEASONS OF LIFE, KNOWING THAT IN THE END, GOD'S PLAN WILL EMERGE AS PERFECT.
AT TIMES IN OUR WALK WITH GOD, HE MAY REQUIRE YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT, FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, SEEMS UNREASONABLE. FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE IN PERFECT ALIGNMENT WITH HIS WORD AND IT WILL TURN OUT FOR YOU BENEFIT.
HIS GOAL IS THAT YOU ACQUIRE A "PERFECT FAITH"-BUT HE KNOWS YOUR WEAKNESS. OPEN YOUR HEART TO HIS LOVE AND GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE HIS FAITHFULNESS. THAT IS WHAT DANIEL DID, AND GOD MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM TO WALK AWAY FROM THE LIONS DEN WITH A SONG OF VICTORY ON HIS LIPS.
WHAT IS YOUR LEVEL OF FAITH IN GOD? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT HE HAS PROMISED? ARE YOU CONVINCED THAT HE HAS ALREADY MOVED HEAVEN AND EARTH FOR YOU, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS MOVE TOWARD HIS BLESSING?
