Special Tests for Special Purposes – Part 7

Achievements have importance only in the realm of time. Character is eternal and it determines what we will be through eternity. God will not permit us to be tested beyond what we can bear. He will not expect of us what He required of Jesus – perhaps not even what He required of Job. Every test we go through is designed to mold our character, until we have become in Christ all that God created us to be.

“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.”

In anytime of testing, it is important to bear in mind that God is more concerned with our character than our achievements.

How then shall we respond to testing? First of all, we must distinguish between testing and chastening. All too often, as Christians, we fail to recognize God’s chastening. As a result, we adopt a posture of resisting the devil when we should in fact be submitting to God. The root character problem that this exposes is Pride.