Thought 236
Trials, Tribulations,
and Faith
Trials are simply testing periods during our
walk with God. Just like with Job, Satan, has to receive God’s permission to
torment or take something away from you. The Lord sometimes grants these
requests to our Enemy and it is often difficult to understand why (and if we
ever understand it is usually after the testing has occurred). For example, did
Abraham not understand why God told him to sacrifice his son—Isaac was a gift!—yet
God told Abraham to sacrifice the young man. . The command of the Lord did not
make sense, but Abraham knew that God was speaking to him, not some Satanic
messenger. So Abraham OBEYED in
faith. Abraham had faith because he lacked the reason or evidence of why God
was asking him to do such a thing, yet he believed it.
Ultimately, Abraham’s obedience foreshadowed
the coming of Christ our Savior. Christ was the final sacrificial Lamb upon an
altar to the Lord. Only the ultimate sacrifice of God’s very being, who was in
a human form, can rapture us to the Lord after our earthly death. Remember,
this world is not our home, and our earthly death is merely the beginning of
our eternal bliss with a Loving, gracious, and Merciful Lord, who is also Sovereign,
Just, and Eternal! Hardship was necessary for Abraham and our Lord Jesus, we
need not fear it, but endure it and place our faith in God’s wisdom and plan.
“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial
which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you” 1 Peter
4:12 KJV
