⚔️ The Strength That Comes From Being Tested ⚔️

As part of our new habit this week (slowing down and meditating on Scripture), and motivated by Matt's post yesterday, I want to share a theme has been pressing on me over and over again: God places real value on testing.

Most of us spend our lives asking God for comfort, clarity, or breakthrough. That has been me recently. I want answers and I ask for clear guidance, especially during this time in my life where I'm changing careers. But Scripture consistently shows us something deeper: God often gives us testing first.

“Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind.” — Psalm 26:2

David didn’t avoid testing. He invited it.

Why? Because testing exposes what’s real, not just what’s claimed.

James pushes this even further:

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.” — James 1:2–3

Trials aren’t punishment. They’re training.

Testing produces steadfastness. Steadfastness produces maturity. And maturity produces a man who is hard to move and steady under pressure.

Paul ties it all together:

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern the will of God…” — Romans 12:2

💭Discernment comes through testing. God is trying to get that through my hard head.

I'm not going to discover God’s will in comfort alone. I will discover it when my beliefs are pressed, refined, and proven.

🔨 God tests His sons not to break them, but to form them. A faith that has never been tested is a faith that has not yet been forged. This is how enduring men are made.

❓Question for the group: What do you sense God is testing in you right now—patience, obedience, humility, trust, something else?

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