The Purpose of Testing
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promises. Hebrews 10:23
Have you ever seen the cartoon of a man who falls over a cliff and call out: "is there anyone there?" God answers: "I'm here! Let go and I'll catch you!" The man then says: "is there anyone else there?" Our trust in God is fine and dandy when all goes well. It is when the wheels fall off or we face a new challenge things become hairy.
Yet facing new challenges is a part of life. God will not leave us untested otherwise we will not know how well we have learned to trust Him. Trusting is a part of relationship. We all must begin to trust or our relationships are very shaky. Metal when purified and molded into objects must be tested or we will not now how good the object is. Imagine if the creators of motor vehicles never tested them, how safe would we consider them? If furniture was never tested would we sit on the chairs or lie on the beds and know we would be safe? No! We are grateful that objects around us are tested. We should likewise be grateful our lives are tested so that we can know what they contain. Amen!
Have you ever seen the cartoon of a man who falls over a cliff and call out: "is there anyone there?" God answers: "I'm here! Let go and I'll catch you!" The man then says: "is there anyone else there?" Our trust in God is fine and dandy when all goes well. It is when the wheels fall off or we face a new challenge things become hairy.
Yet facing new challenges is a part of life. God will not leave us untested otherwise we will not know how well we have learned to trust Him. Trusting is a part of relationship. We all must begin to trust or our relationships are very shaky. Metal when purified and molded into objects must be tested or we will not now how good the object is. Imagine if the creators of motor vehicles never tested them, how safe would we consider them? If furniture was never tested would we sit on the chairs or lie on the beds and know we would be safe? No! We are grateful that objects around us are tested. We should likewise be grateful our lives are tested so that we can know what they contain. Amen!
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