Trials allow us to apply God’s Word instead of just reading it.
When we read the Bible we see many people serving Jesus for years. They experienced continual suffering. Which doesn’t seem fair. Who would God let them go through so much pain? It’s a question many of us ask today about ourselves. We think that the Lord should protect us from hardships but He doesn’t always do so.
Maybe our reasoning is backward. We think that faithful believers don’t deserve to suffer, but from God’s perspective, suffering is part of being a faithful believer. If we all had lives of ease without pain, we would never really know God, because we would never need Him. Like it or not, adversity teaches us things that simply reading the Bible never will.
I’m not saying we don’t need to know Scripture, that’s our foundation for faith. But if what we believe is never tested, it remains only head knowledge. How will we ever know God can be trusted amid trouble if we’ve never experienced hardships? God gives us opportunities to apply scriptural truths to the difficulties facing us, and in the process, we find Him faithful,
Trials can be a means of building faith or an avenue to discourage and self-pity -it’s up to you. But if you apply God’s Word to your situation, your trust in Him and your faith will be strengthened through adversity.
“But we also rejoice in our suffering, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character, hope, and hope doesn’t disappoint us because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us“ – Romans 5:3-5
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