Thoughts for another day

March 4, 2010

Today's verse: Deut. 4:4. But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Times are when you hear people complaining about God. Listen to them and learn how much they know God and how much they trust Him. You’ll realise eventually that they hardly know Him and as for trust, what they believe to be trust is the kind of trust they put in man itself which at times comes to nothing and therefore, these people are rattled when they perceive God as not answering their prayer and they get frustrated and disillusioned, although they have no real basis to.

Tell me of a man who has put his trust in the Lord and the Lord letting Him down. Never. At times, God does allow a person to suffer. That is His way of testing them. God can test our adherence to Him in so many ways. And you know, He tests only those He loves because there is a point in testing them and moreover, after the test, they go and spread the word of His goodness as He removes them from the test and blesses them abundantly after they pass it, shall I say.

Our Scripture today talks of the same thing. The Book of Deuteronomy is filled with God’s Words about His being with them and also about His testing them. He warns them not to fail the test clearly mentioning that after they have gone into the Promised Land, they would tend to forget Him and all the deeds He performed among them. Therefore He says that He would test them when they are full to the brim in goodness to see whether they’re faithful to Him or not. Similarly, God will test us too when all things are good with us. When we are at the point where we feel we do not need God any longer. The test is God’s Gracious way of bringing us back to Him in case we stray, so that we remain and enjoy eternal bliss with Him.