Testing Our Mettle

Testing is essential in every form of learning. Babies fall many times before they walk and even then they fall down a lot. In school we have tests to see what we've comprehended.

We have spiritual testing too. The testing of our spirit is not to harm us but to build us.  There will always be more to learn, but we shouldn't think it is strange when we are going through a rough spot. God loves us and He wants us to grow. With each test we go through we can or should see some progress. Just beware it isn't progress we have wrought on our own, but it is rather the work of the

I Peter 4:12-13 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

John 6:63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.