The God Test

Most Christians I know can point to one difficult season in their life or another and say "God was testing me".  We see it as a chance to prove ourselves to God, and if most people are like me they fail more often than not.

But sometimes we test God too. We don't like to say that of course, that sounds disrespectful. So we call it doubt. We say that we're struggling with doubt but often that is not really what we're doing. We're testing God.

We get tested to see if we will keep to our word. We say we will follow God and trust in Him no matter what so when we are tested we are forced to prove it. God has made numerous promises to us. He promised to always be with us, to never give us more than we can handle, that all things will work for good. So when we're "doubting" we really testing God to see if He'll keep His word.

And I think God's ok with that. I think God enjoys the chance to prove Himself to us. He must because I know He has done it again and again in my life.