Tribulation Point: Sometimes Just Making It Through Another Day Isnt Always Easy

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We need to understand that just because it is good that God will give it to you. We have to accept we cannot know why. Logos recently posted this verse on our homepages: I never had to memorize that verse when I was a kid. I guess because its Old Testam…. This posting is a good reminder for all of us. Some people love to elaborate on the Bible based on no more than their own wishes and fears.

But the Bible also gave us Jesus' example to help us have a better life here on earth. The more we follow his example, the fewer problems we will have of our own making. That knowledge can bring some level of comfort. Another thing God never promised is that He would never give us more than we can handle. This is a false promise gleaned from a real one from 1 Corinthians God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Are the promises of God primarily about this life or do they point us forward in eager expectation? Are God's gospel promises more like an inheritance or an ATM card? How much real overcoming do we experience in this life?? To be sure there are little victories and some surface change maybe , but what have we really overcome? We are and will remain sinners until the day we die. And death can only be understood as our ultimate defeat.

And here is exactly where God hides himself and promises that even death cannot separate us from His love! He meets us in our ultimate failure and points us to our ultimate hope the resurrection. Where O death is your victory, where O death is your sting? That is the comfort of the Gospel. That is the comfort of Grace. Wow…Its amazing how little we see god.. If god has given us total dominion and authority in the earth , all things ALL are available including prosperity , wealth …See Mark The question we should ask ourselves is do we have the faith , his wisdom and confidence coupled with heart felt desire we can based on the finished works.

Most bible legends were super rich.. Job,David, Soloman to name a few. We have christ inside us daily , they did not. Please do not discount or sell god short.. There are many biblical principles that when adhered to lead us to wealth when applied. Wealth is a choice , a promise.. I believe money shows our response to God. Following The Messiah money blesses us when used for others needs as well as our own.

I read the Bible between the lines now. We better wake up before the religious antichrist fully throws down the gauntlet. Evil works best cloaked in false righteousness. Larry, I think I will refer you to Paul, who had a thorn in the flesh and Timothy whom Paul told to drink a little wine for his stomach ailments. And the number of people who suffered tremendously down through the ages who loved the Lord will all their heart. Please read the story of William Borden. The truth is, and it's what we all know, is that we live in a fallen world precisely because of the curse due to Adam's sin.

At the consummation of all things is when the curse will be lifted and God will remake everything like it's supposed to be. Only then will we truly free of the sickness all of us are prone to. And I do have to take issue with your premise. Prosperity gospel preachers tell us outright that God wants us to, as Joel Osteen's book title states have our "best life now. No, our victory comes as we see and respond in a godly way, by the power of His spirit in the midst of suffering, in the midst of the messiness that our fallen world brings.

One thing we have to always keep in mind—if truth is true in one place, it's true everywhere. Your question followed by your statements, " Does God want us to live sickly lives or healthy ones? They just need to endure them with a smile," really, in my opinion almost borders on falsely accusing our suffering brethren in countries that are hostile to the gospel. How many of our persecuted brethren in North Korea or Iran would see the reality of your assertion that God wants us healthy rather than sickly?

This is not to say that God can't do miracles today. I've personally witnessed them where the laws of nature were definitely suspended—instanteous healings and demons being cast out as examples. But to say that it's God's will for no one of His children to suffer hardship but to live "above it all" is, in my opinion, worthy of further reflection, further study and most of all, retraction.

Because it does not bode with reality. What is the Justice of God? He is the rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are judgment: Just and Right is He. Unlike the gods of other ancient Near Eastern cultures of the time, the God of the OT exhibits deep concern for human beings and the issues they face. When Cain kills Abel, God exiles him and marks him Gen 4: The laws in the OT emphasize retributive justice, or lex talionis Exod If someone takes an eye, an eye must be taken from the offender as retribution.

It required that the punishment of a crime not exceed the crime itself, avoiding further damage to the community. While temperance results from lex talionis, justice represents its true focus. When actions cause harm to others, punishment must be exacted from the wrongdoer. God came into the world to proclaim Justice for those that were without Justice in the land; God appointed Judges and civil servants for each tribe in all the villages, and He said they must judge the people fairly; God would not have gone through all of that trouble if HE did not love Justice.

God set laws in Israel to judge the people righteously. Hence, last but not least, preachers, prophets, and priest to stand in the way of judgment, because man and woman must demonstrate the principals of God, which is to be like God or act like God when they embrace Justice, because God is Justice.

God Will Test You Right Before Your Breakthrough

Therefore, according to the laws of land, when one court does not judge righteously, you attend a higher court. In others words, the Bible tell us what we will not do for our fellowman or woman, will happen to us. We are not greater than God is; therefore, we must execute justice. Because they trust in vanity. OK I have one that might surprise you. God never tells us that we have free will. In fact God always seems to make it clear that He is in charge.

Men make their plans but God orders their steps. Anyway the Bible is full of such examples. Jesus Christ said, "I am come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly. The gift of the Holy Spirit was the key ingredient to the fullfillment of His promise. He gives us riches of the heavenly realm. Too many people twisting scripture to appease others. So many Christians are silent on immoral things happening in the world because they believe we are not to judge or seek justice.

We would have a world filled with anarchy if God did not provide justice on the earth. His judgement is tempered by His love, but His grace is tempered by His righteousness. I wonder if God is in charge, how come there is so much murder, rape, torture etc. God is not in charge for if He were would these exist? Adam gave over charge of this world to Lucifer. But I believe that God is sovereign and works in lives and situations as He sees fit to do and God is good all the time! Darrell Balfour I hate to be the one to tell you this but there is a verse in the Bible that clearly states God created evil.

For some reason it is necessary for our growth. While God is not the one causing the sin, Satan is, God has ordained evil to be in the world for a reason. IF you are interested I can find the verses for you so you can read them yourself. God is indeed good all the time. The verse you are speaking of does not say evil it says calamity. He sometimes brings calamity on a nation for his own good purpose. He is not and never has been the author of evil. Evil came into the world via the fallen angel, Lucifer, when pride was found in him. To attribute evil to God is same as saying light is darkness.

Light has no fellowship with darkness. God never promised skies always blue; flower-strewn pathways, all our lives thru. He never promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But He has promised: Unfailing Sympathy … Undying Love! If anyone is interested about God's Chastisement in Hebrew 12 please listen this video: You come to know how our understanding is wrong..

So a lot promises God already has give to us to joy and be strong in faith and his love endures forever in the Lord and his power will never finish or leave us in christ when we wll obey his the word and livng after the bible teaching in love and in sowing our seed to multuiply our harvest thanks and bless,keijo sweden. He is OUR Father…. For these spiritual realities to manifest in this life we are to believe in the His incarnate and spoken Word.

God's discipline is accomplished thru His word entering our hearts 2Tim 3 The lack of manifestation of His promises is not the measure of their truth but the measure of the lack of belief in what Christ has accomplished on our behalf. Do we believe in those things spiritual His promises or those things fleshly all those things "seen" in this life? It is just too bad that God never gave us good single men a wife and family to share our life with, since he has blessed so many others with that special gift of life. While God did not promise swift justice, He did delegate the authority for government to exact justice both swift and sure.

When the govenment fails to do that everyone suffers… and many die as a result. You state, a christian life isn't a comfortable life but a fulfilling life. In what what way is suffering fulfilling? The way the christian life is portrayed makes the average person run the other way. What human being wants a life of pain and hardship?

It seems following God is a life of pain and struggle. The average person cannot handle that. Then there is this promise of some kind of reward if a person endures to the end. I really have a hard time with that concept. Its almost like God is saying, let me drag you thru the mud here on earth and when you go to heaven , that's where you will have a good life, but don't count on that here because only some will, you just might not, so it can go either way, depending on what I God, deem for you.

Don't look at your life, just suffer cause it's my way for you. So damned if you,following the world and damned if you do following me, choose. That can keep a person in a perpetual state of fear. The suffering of Christians should arise from constantly sacrificing ourselves for others, reflecting the love God modeled for us. We suffer with others because we love them and empathize with them.

We suffer on behalf of others because in doing so, we point them to the model for our suffering. God doesn't drag us through the mud. People choose to shove us in the mud. We choose to dive face first in the mud. We get stuck in the mud when we lose sight of the path God paved for us. The problem of evil is not God. It's the little ways we choose ourselves over God. It's the accumulation of all those choices over thousands of years of billions of people choosing themselves instead of God.

The Christian life is the great reversal of selfishness, the unraveling of sin's power to point us away from God, into the mud. I'm sorry for whatever the church has been to you, whatever Christianity has shown itself to be to you, but I am a Christian, and that is not the life I live. Christianity is not a perpetual state of fear. It's a perpetual state of love. A perpetual state of hope. A perpetual state of pursuing an ideal we will never achieve until the end. Ryan Nelson we also have to see what God sacrificed for us. When he gave his only son so we can be saved. If im suffering its due to my choices in life….

Amen, Sister in Christ! All we need to do is read the Bible to know. It doesn't list a single Apostle or Saint that lived it carefree! God is glorified in man's weaknesses! When we were helpless sinners Jesus died on the cross for our evil sins! He wants us to surrender ALL of our life to Him! Your statement that suffering is not fulfilling is absolutely false!

There will be suffering in the life of every Christian! All you need to do is look at the life of Jesus Christ to prove that life is not supposed to be a bed of roses. None of the heroes of the Bible had it easy. Not on life's ever changing circumstances! Jesus wants our lives centered around Him Only! He will remove all barriers that prevent you from becoming like Him! God's path to greatness and fulfillment differ completely from man's definition! Jesus Christ wants your Heart Mind and life unshackled unto Him!

God defines fulfillment in Him Only! Not through life's circumstances. Why is Christianity the most hated "religion"? It's because its principles are in direct contradiction to mankind's evil nature of self love, self absorption! The Book of Timothy warned us that mankind will become worse and worse in the End Times! Lovers of Self, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God! We see all this across America and the world in ! This world is sinful! It's value systems run directly contrary to the Bible!

That's why most people will never come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior! He contradicts Man's Fallen Nature in Every way shape and form! Our time here on earth is temporary. Eternity in heaven or hell is forever! Christians will be given their reward on Judgment Day! Greg, the lack of manifestation may have more to do with the position of our hearts. When we agape our neighbour we are being the embodyment of Christ. This means that WE are personally responsible for the daily ministrations to those in need who are our neighbour.

We are called to be doers of rhe word and not hearers only otherwise we are making the word of God to no effect. Read Mathew 25 about the sheep and goats. He also said that you can not look here or there and point to it. The Kingdom is the dominion over your heart and soul. I can tell you that despite the hardships I am currently experiencing, a failing marriage and little work, I am also experiencing pure joy because of knowing my heart attitude toward God put me in that Kingdom.

Neil Kromhout thanx Neil for your reply. I see no conflict in both of our proclamations. We are saved thru faith alone but saving faith is never alone. The work of God is to believe in the one he has sent the Word made flesh. This belief leads to a mind renewed at which point thoughts, then emotions and finally actions follow. A persons heart is the sum of his mind agreements thru belief with the flesh that which he sees or the Spirit the Word of God-Jn 6: Those that do the work without a renewed mind are performing works based on law to earn something.

Works based on God's love thru us are the true works that save obedience not to law old covenant but to faith new covenant. Belief in God's love thru Christ is the cornerstone of a renewed mind writing His law on our hearts leading to good works that were prepared beforehand for believers to walk in. Why does god put me through tribulations is he punishing me for setting I feel like I have list everything in my life and alot has beentaken away from me I M very saddened about everything why is god putting me through this tough road. Not fair at all since many of us are Not Single by choice.

I know Jesus is real. I know God has a plan for me I feel it in my bones. Sorry about my babbling. Thank u for your help. We all suffer on this earth no matter how you look at it. We all were born from sin and we go out with sin. Its our job to read the scriptures and be Christlike.

Jesus will be the ruler of the heaven that awaits the righteous. Jesus proved to us by healing the sick, forgiving the sinner, and he went through his trial and tribulations by dying on the cross for all of us. Jesus endured pain and suffering and he was sinless!! Praying to the Holy Spirit and relying on his word. The problem with society? No hope no prayer no peace?? Do people go to church as propaganda? To have an image? Where is all the young people in the church?

Why is opiates an epidemic? The world today is all politics and government!! And is heroin brought here to reduce population? Love one another no matter what they do to you, learn how to accept rejection, and pray everyday for everyone not only yourself. Be selfless and not fabricated in this world it is only temporary, as for us also. Live the commandments and spread the word, even when no one wants to hear it. God blesses all of his children that come to him. Study and meditate on these 4 dramatic examples from our Bible very carefully, as each one of these tests were very severe and very trying for the actual people involved.

The reason God is going to test you before your big, final breakthrough in Him is because He has to see if you got what it takes to actually make the grade in that specific calling for Him. He will test your mettle out like they do in the army with all of their recruits. Now here are 4 very powerful and dramatic tests that God the Father had arranged for some of His people to pass back in both the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible.

The first test I will show you, and this one was very severe, is what I call the obedience test. This specific test was given to Abraham way back in the beginning of the Bible in the Book of Genesis. Most of you have heard of this test. God asked Abraham to put his son Isaac on an altar and then asked him to take a knife and kill his own son. As we all know, Abraham went as far as to actually tie his son down to the altar and had the knife in his hand ready to strike down on him to take his life, when all of a sudden God sends an angel down in the nick of time to stop him.

How many of us could actually pass such an extreme test today, especially in the type of world we now live in where you would be immediately prosecuted if you even tried to do such a thing. I personally do not think God would ever do this type of test in our current day and age due to the extreme dangers of it. But the point to get is that God may actually arrange for a test to occur to test your actual allegiance and obedience to Him.

In this article, we give you all of the main verses from the Bible showing you the extreme importance that we fully obey every order and directive that we receive from the Lord in this life. If we cannot be fully obedient to the specific commands and leadings of the Holy Spirit, then God will not be able to use us in the actual callings that He has set up for our lives. In the kind of world we now live in, this test will actually be hard for many to pass.

The reason being is due to all of the material and lustful things that are out there competing for our time and attention. These material things will cause our flesh to want to try and act up, and once our flesh has been riled up, it will do everything it can to try and get its own way, even if it means disobeying God Himself.

That is why God will test you in this specific area — to see if you will have the strength and character in your personality to be able to override the desires of your flesh and ego, and be willing to obey God over all of your wants and desires for these material and lustful objects. God will know where your jugular veins and weak spots will be on these kinds of tests, so He will probably arrange for these types of tests to target some of your weak and vulnerable spots, just like He did with Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his one and own only son at the time that this test was being set up.

God may ask you to give something or someone up. He may ask you to give up the job you are currently working at, or the person you are currently dating, as this person may not be the one that He has personally picked out to be your mate in this life. But whatever God may be asking you to do for Him, realize that this is an obedience test being sent your way and that you must fully obey the Lord with whatever He will be asking you to do for Him.

If you do not obey His specific directive, and you choose to follow your own desires on these kinds of issues, then God will not be able to use you in the specific calling that He has set up for your life. Bottom line — God is our Shepherd, and we as His sheep are to fully follow Him in this life and every single directive and command that He will be giving us along the way.

The Bible tells us that we are to be led by the Holy Spirit in this life — not by our own wants and our own desires.

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This test right here will determine who gets promoted into their true callings in the Lord and who does not. Abraham passed his test and you saw what happened to him as a result. He became the father of many nations and his bloodline was used as the bloodline that brought our Savior Jesus Christ into our world so He could go to the cross and save all of us from our sins. Here is the verse that will tell you what the ramifications were as a result of Abraham perfectly obeying the voice of God on being willing to sacrifice his son Isaac:.

If you want to enter into your true calling in the Lord, then get it settled right now in your mind and in your heart that you will fully obey the Lord with every specific thing that He will be asking you to do for Him in this life. Another type of test that God could pass your way right before your big breakthrough with Him is what I call the patience test. This is where you have done everything you have been asked to do, but now God is going to ask you to just sit and wait for the big breakthrough to occur.

A perfect example of this type of trying test in the Bible is the story of Moses and the parting of the Red Sea. No sooner does Moses rescue and deliver the Israelites from the Egyptians, that they are then brought before the Red Sea with nowhere else for them to go or turn to. The Promised Land is in the other side, but there is no way they can reach it unless God first parts the Red Sea.

And then what does God do next? Instead of immediately parting the Red Sea for all of them so they can quickly get to the other side, He causes all of them to sit and wait for awhile before He actually parts the Red Sea. The children of Israel cannot move forward or else they will drown in the Red Sea. They cannot go backwards or else they wall fall back into slavery with the Egyptians, as the Egyptians are now starting to come back after them.

They have no other choice but to just sit and wait for God to move to part the Red Sea. But we know it was long enough to really try their patience, as many of them started complaining to Moses about it. Some of them even went as far as stating they wanted to go back to Egypt, as they at least had food and shelter under the Egyptian rule. This type of test could occur to some of you right before your big breakthrough with the Lord. If you ever find yourself facing this kind of trying test, make sure that you do not let your impatience get the better of you and cause you to walk away from that door that you are sitting in front of — as that door could be opening up at anytime.

Stay put right where God currently has you at, and force yourself to wait until that door either opens up for you to walk through, or God tells you to do something different. Again, what would have happened in this story of Moses if they would not have waited for God to part that Red Sea? What would have happened to the Jewish people as a nation and as a people if they would have gone back into slavery with the Egyptians if they would not have waited for this miraculous event to occur with the Lord? The course of Jewish history could have been completely changed and altered forever if Moses would not have had enough patience to wait for God to part that Red Sea on the day that it actually occurred.

Your life is like a chessboard to the Lord. He is the One who will be making all of the major chess moves on your chess board. Not only must you fully rely on God to make these chess moves in your life, but you must also rely on His perfect timing as to when He will be making all of these specific chess moves. One wrong move, or one move made at the wrong time could cause your whole call in God to completely unravel and fall apart.

In my opinion, this next type of test may be the most trying and possibly the most severe. This is where God will be showing you what is on the other side of your true calling in Him. When God does this, He may show you what some of the obstacles, roadblocks, and opposition may end up being. He may show you exactly what you will have to face. This is where you will be shown all of the Goliaths and strongholds that you may have to face and engage with once you cross over into the actual calling.

A perfect example of this type of test has to be with what God did with the children of Israel just after He had got done rescuing them from the Egyptians in the story of Moses. Shortly after delivering them from the Egyptians, He brought them right up to their Promised Land. But instead of sending all of them immediately in, He sends in only 12 spies so they could first spy out the land so they could see exactly what they were going to have to face once they actually entered into this land.

And what happens next? However, Joshua and Caleb , who were 2 of the 12 spies, came back with a different report. The saw the exact same things the other 10 spies saw, but they had a completely different outlook and perspective about all of it. They had just seen God miraculously deliver them from the Egyptian rule, so they knew God would have no problems in taking out the giants and strongholds they saw in this Promised Land. However, as a result of these other 10 spies coming back with this bad report, this kindled the anger of God and caused Him to then pronounce a very severe judgment on all of them.

He told these 10 spies that they and all of the other men over 20 years of age would not enter into this Promised Land. He said they would all wander in the desert for the next 40 years where they would then all eventually die out there. However, since Joshua and Caleb had a different spirit about them and fully believed that God could take out all of these giants and strongholds, He tells them that both of them and all of the people under 20 years of age would be the ones who would be allowed to enter into the Promised Land — all because they had enough courage, faith, and belief in the Lord that He could give them the victories once they had crossed over and started to possess parts of the land that He wanted them to have for themselves.

Plain and simple, this was a faith and belief test. God showed them exactly what was waiting for them on the other side. And the test was — can they believe in God and His supernatural power to defeat the enemies and strongholds they would have to directly face — or will they want to turn around and go back into the desert, never giving God a chance to show them what He could miraculously do for them?

As we all know, these 10 spies flunked this test not only for themselves, but for the rest of the men and woman over 20 years of age. In the same way, God could test some of you with this same type of test. He will show you exactly what will be awaiting you on the other side once you cross over into your true calling for Him.

He will show you the opposition, the giants, the strongholds, and the points of resistance you will have to directly face. He will then sit back and watch your reaction to all of it. Will you fully believe that He can conquer and overcome all of these obstacles and roadblocks for you, or will you get scared and lose faith and belief in Him that He can overcome all of the roadblocks and obstacles that you are seeing? All of the Israelites 20 years and older in the above story lost their one and only chance to enter into the Promised land — all simply because they could not muster up enough faith and belief in the Lord to fully conquer and overcome all of the points of opposition and resistance they initially saw in this land.

If you are ever faced with this kind of a severe test with the Lord, you will have to make a very big decision one way or the other.

You will either have to fully believe that God is calling you to go through this door, and that He will then anoint you with His power to be victorious in this calling — or you will let fear and intimidation get the better of you, and you will then walk out on the call that God has set up for your life. Joshua and Caleb ended up going into the Promised Land after the 40 years was up, and the Bible says that Joshua was able to conquer and gain full possession of every ounce of land that his foot had stepped on — all because he had enough faith and belief in God that He could this for him.

If God is no respecter of persons , and He was able to do this for Joshua and the rest of the Jewish people in this story, then God can still do the exact same thing for every born-again believer who will fully surrender to His call on their lives — and then be willing to have enough faith and belief in Him to enter into that call and take on all of the opposition and roadblocks they will end up facing down the road in that calling. Instead of sending Jesus right of way into His three and half year miracle ministry and then eventually to the cross to save all of us, God sends His Son out into the desert to face a temptation test direct with the devil himself.

Why would God send His Son Jesus out in the desert to let the devil tempt Him with three specific temptations, knowing full well that He was going to pass this test anyway? And if He wanted to test Him, why this kind of a specific test? The reason God tested His Son Jesus with this temptation test was because He had to see if Jesus would have fallen for any of these specific temptations by the devil. If He would have fallen for any one of them, He would have sinned against God the Father. And if He would have committed so much as one sin against His Father, then He would not have been able to go to the cross to save any of us.

One of the conditions of Jesus being able to go to the cross in human flesh form for all of us was that He had to be perfectly sin-free. One sin would have totally disqualified Him, and He then would not have been able to go to the cross to save all of us. That was why God had to specifically test Him on this issue, to see if He would fall and commit at least one sin. As we all know, Jesus passed this test with flying colors and the Bible says that He did not commit so much as one sin when He walked among us for those 33 years. As a result of not committing any sins, Jesus was perfectly qualified to go to the cross to save all of us.

The reason being is that He may want to test your resolve to stay out of any type of serious sin. Adultery, bribery, and the hunger and love for money could all lead to your ruination once you cross over into your true calling in the Lord. Look how many modern day ministries have been brought down by adultery, fornication, and the misuse of money and funds.

Just as God allowed Adam and Eve to be tested in the Garden of Eden, and His own Son Jesus to be tested in a desert setting with the devil, God may allow some of you to be tested on this same kind of issue. Pass this sin test and do not succumb to any demonic temptations, and you will then be trusted by the Lord, and He will then promote you into your true calling for Him. Flunk this kind of a test, and you could completely lose your entire calling in the Lord, just like Adam and Eve managed to do in the Garden of Eden.

If by chance this kind of a test ever comes your way — take it very, very seriously, as there may not be any second chances for you if you flunk this kind of a test. This one is very serious. If Jesus would have fallen for any one of those three specific temptations from the devil, He would have completely lost His entire calling in God, and He then would not have been able to go to the cross to save any of us.

In the same way, you could lose your entire call in God if you succumb to any of these temptations. There is obviously always full forgiveness and full restoration for you with the Lord if you confess and repent of these sins, but what you could lose is that open door into the heart of your true call for Him due to the consequences that may result from you falling into a heavier type of sin. Many major men of God have never been able to get back their big, huge, successful TV ministries once they lost them due to falling into these types of heavier sins.

If you will notice in the above 4 examples, these were all deal-breaking tests. When the tests were passed, these people then went into the heart of their true calls with the Lord. When they were flunked, like the children of Israel managed to do with God the Father on the Promised Land issue, they completely lost the divine destinies that God had originally set up for all of them to walk into.

This is why these tests should be taken very, very seriously if you ever happen to have one of them come your way right as you are waiting for your big breakthrough to occur with the Lord in the calling that He has personally set up for your life. From time to time, the Bible says that the Lord will test the righteous. Again, when these types of tests do come your way, make sure that you see them for what they are and do your best to pass them with flying colors. If you do, then God will continue to bring you up higher in your divine destiny with Him.

Flunk these tests or do poorly with them, and God may have to hold you back for awhile until you can see what He is trying to teach you and show you. Besides the above 4 types of tests, there could be other types of tests. Some of you could be tested on your ability to forgive what others may have done to hurt you in your past. The Bible is very clear in that we have to forgive everyone who has ever trespassed against us in this life and that if we do not, then God will not forgive us of our own trespasses.

And if you cannot get your own personal sins forgiven with the Lord, then you may have a very hard time in walking out your own true call with Him since it will obviously damage your personal relationship with Him. We hope this article will serve as good heads-up for any of you who will either face this kind of testing in your near future, or if by chance you are already in the middle of this type of testing right now due to the close proximity of entering into your true calling in the Lord.

Read below or add a comment You never know how it is going to turn out. In western societies where there are health services, plenty of food and social welfare programs, when life turns out difficult there is some degree of help and support. In times past and in non-western societies today, life tends to be a lot harder when things go bad. Modern Western Christians often believe that God will protect them and bless them in terms of family, finances, health and career.

This mindset is not supported by history; life was a lot harder and more difficult in the past than it is now. Hardship, suffering and short life spans were widespread. That kind of belief system is trivial and simplistic. In modern western societies life is much easier than it was in times past. Christians of former times realized that difficulties and suffering is normal. You have to continue to live a Godly life even though life is difficult. The decisions you make must be based on Christian morals and values. Your actions must be based on love and mercy.

No it does not. Many good and godly people have had very difficult lives. How much suffering and hardship can you see? Have these people been spared from hardships because they are Godly. No, Godly people suffer similar hardships as the ungodly. Hardship can be totally random, irrespective of your belief system. The difference is that a Godly man or woman should continue to live by godly moral values through hardships, even if they are life-long hardships.

Thank God for this article. I believe i have God calling in my life at the age of I am seeking for Him and am hungry for Him. I have engaged myself at a church going for pray meeting ,profitical teaching ,healing on street prayers and reading bible at home. He said he may lose his patients with me and he asked me am I willing to give up our teenager children and him. I said I will have to walk on His calling for my life. I will have to pray and ask God what to do. My husband said it is written in the Bible He is a jealous God.

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