Testing faith

22 May 2012        

1Peter 1:7-9 So that the trial of your faith (being much more precious than that of gold that perishes, but being proven through fire) might be found to praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen, you love; in whom not yet seeing, but believing in Him you exult with unspeakable joy, and having been glorified, obtaining the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

What you believe determines the faith that is required to reinforce that belief. So as a Christian we believe that when we die, that there is life after death, and so because we believe this we have faith that this will occur. Yet this part of our belief is really the end part of faith and not the beginning of faith. God has promised many things not just life after death, but a life in the here and now, filled with all of God’s promises, the question is do you believe this?

So in our normal day, what are the faith exercises we need to do to build our faith? The first is that we pray to a God who we believe in, in faith! In faith we speak the words of His promise into our lives and so we appropriate through this His will for our lives and not our own. So as a result we trust God, and the more we trust the deeper our faith becomes.

Yet it is often difficult to do when your spouse drinks pain killers while drinking alcohol, it is difficult to do when our children are rebelling, but in this process we do not lose faith, but rather understand that in times of trial our faith grows. It is these daily trials and persecutions that we come closer to God in our need, because of faith.

Be encouraged today to have faith and let your faith in God stand firm.

David

Point to ponder: It is not only the evil one that tries to destroy our faith it is sometimes those closest to us.

Question to consider: Is your faith tested?

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