Testing of Your Faith

There are times in every Christian's lives in which the Lord himself will test your faith. 

Sometimes this testing is not desirable and it can be painful at times. This might not be the road or path that we really wanted for our lives.  Why does God test us?    God wants to see if you will hold fast and cling to Him and His commandments and follow Him in all of your ways not just when things are going good for you. 

The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man. The Lord tests the righteous,but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.  Psalm 11:4-6

You shall remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your feet swell these forty years.  Deut 8:2-4 

But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them  for to you have I committed my cause.  Jeremiah 11:20 

He will test your heart and your mind to see if you are committed to His plan and purpose for your life or if you will serve the devil.  "No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” Luke 6:13

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.  For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.


But as for you, O man or woman of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. 1 Tim 6:9-11 

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”  So we can confidently say,  “The Lord is my helper;  I will not fear;  what can man do to me?”  Heb 13:5-6  

If you follow and obey the commands of the Lord during your time of testing then you will be blessed. 

When I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak with them or command them concerning burnt offering and sacrifice.  However, I did give them this command: Obey Me, and then I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must follow every way I command you so that it may go well with you.  Yet they didn’t listen or pay attention but followed their own advice and according to their own stubborn, evil heart. They went backward and not forward. Jeremiah 7:22-24 

If only My people would listen to Me and Israel would follow My ways, I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes. Psalm 81:13-14  

My eyes favor the faithful of the land so that they may sit down with me.
The one who follows the way of integrity may serve me. Psalm 101:6

Jesus said " If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it. " Matthew 16:24-25 

The results of this testing are necessary to the welfare of your soul.   


Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold. My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way and not turned aside. Job 23:10-11  

Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” James 1:2

We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.” Romans 5:3

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Corinthians 4:16


“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:9