The School of Trials

“So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your Faith is Genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold though your Faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your Faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much Praise and Glory and Honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the Whole World.” (1 Peter 1:6-7). 


You learn things through tests that you would never learn any other way. The tests that you go through force you to look to God and depend on Him rather than depending on yourself. Allow your tests to make you better and not bitter. If you are going through tests right now strive to learn from them. You will never get to the next ‘spiritual’ level if you don’t pass the test on the current level. Just as Abraham passed the test from God in Genesis 22, you must fully trust and obey God and pass your test as well. In doing so, you shall receive the wonderful blessings of God.