Tested and Tried

God tests our faith not because He doesn't trust us. He already knows us from the inside out, He knows that we can doubt, He knows that we can easily fear, He knows that we can mess things up. God is not surprised by our faithlessness.

But, sometimes, God will bring about the test because we need it, so that we would come to realize that this is about Him. None about you and me. God tests our faith because He wants us to let go of the things that might replace Him in our hearts. He wants our affection to be purged from anything that is less than love so that God alone and His presence alone and His glory alone will be the singular and most supreme desire in our life.‪

God would bring us to the test, but with His provision of strength and grace already there. I must come to realize that a faith tested and proven is a faith that pleases God.

*‎Devotional insights on Genesis 22.