Why does God allow us to go through trials…particularly trials of longer length?
Look at and consider Deuteronomy 8:1-11.
The Bible shares with us that there are valid purposes for trials:
1. To humble us
2. To test us
3. To know what is in our hearts
4. To reveal whether we will keep God’s commandments or not
5. To humble us to reveal what we hunger for, whether it be good or bad
6. To show us our great need for God’s Word
7. To show us His provision
8. So we will know in our hearts that God loves us and cares enough about us to discipline us as His own—just as a loving parent disciplines his own son
9. As motivation to “keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him”
10. To applicably teach us how to walk in His ways and to fear Him Continue reading “Going through trials” →
