YOUR FAITH WILL BE TESTED



“Knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience”. James 1:3

If any man claims to have faith, then his faith must be tried to check if he actually had it in the first place (James 1:3). Every faith must be tested, just like Abraham’s faith in God was tested.

Every Disciple of Christ should expect the testing of faith. The race is not a smooth ride as some suppose. In this road to glory, we are bound to face all kinds of challenges, temptations, tests, and troubles. If anybody preached otherwise, such is preaching falsehood.

It is falsehood to believe that you won’t be tempted to sin against God. You will be tested to ignore God’s timing by cutting corners. You will be tempted to help God by ignoring basic principles of the Kingdom. You will be tested to see if you are a doer of the word or only a teacher or hearer alone. Expect to be tempted to hold on to God’s word or ignore it.

The great men of old in the Old Testament faced their own individual trials of faith. Our Lord Jesus Christ’s faith was tested. The Apostles were neither exempted from being tested nor were our founding fathers of faith. This is because they all belonged to a Kingdom different from the system of this world. We likewise are not of this world-we are strangers here.

Trials are not allowed by God to kill you, although that is the devils aim. Trials are allowed by God so that you can come out as refined gold. It is not meant to kill you but to make you better. It is working out for a greater glory for you.

All you have to do in regards to the trials of your faith is to:

1. Expect it.
2. Prepare for it by becoming spiritually matured.
3. Rejoice when it comes.

Whenever you are faced with the trials of life, just know that God has already destined and designed a way for you be victorious over that issue, so as to come out a better person.

“The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure”. 1 Corinthians 10:13.

TRANSFORMED BY THE WORD




“So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified”. Acts 20:32.

As Disciples of Christ who are born into the Kingdom of God’s Son, if we must enjoy the full package of following Christ, then we must of necessity seek to grow in our walk with Jesus Christ on a daily basis. If we don’t grow, we will only be undoing ourselves. Spiritual maturity is what will help us to keep standing when the trials and temptations of life come our way.

God has made provisions, through His word whereby we can grow in our walk with Christ. When we allow the word of God to take root in us, then we can say that we are making progress in our journey with God.

Mind you, this is beyond having head knowledge about God or of the Bible. This has to do with having knowledge about God which is directly transforming our lives to becoming the image of Jesus Christ.

It is good now that the Bible is very available and handy. Take advantage of it and pray to God to help you have an encounter with the Spirit behind the Word. Then your transformation will begin.

Also, thanks be to God for Spirit-inspired materials in the forms of sermon, books and articles both in hard and softcopies which are readily available to help you get the knowledge about the personality of Christ. Take advantage of these materials so as to transform your life.

While you work on yourself to go beyond just being a hearer, reader or listener to becoming a doer of the word of God, for then will you begin to see the transformation that comes by the word in your life.
                                              
“But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed”. James 1:25.

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