Why does god permit trials

If I dropped heavy items on you that could crush you, only to force you to catch them and push them back up, I would be a tormentor. If I did it for the good of your body, I would be a personal trainer in the gym. If I withheld your normal food for days on end and then only gave you small amounts of berries and vegetables even though there was a bounty of food around, you would call me selfish.

If we listen to Satan, we assume the worst of God; if we know who God is, we assume the best — and that changes everything about how we respond. Satan seeks to harm. He wants to take us down. He wants us to turn our back on God 1 and sin. He promises that every situation will have a way out — an escape hatch that can be utilized through obedience. God will never do that. This means that difficult, messy things are not always sin.

Evil may surround us, but we can remain untouched internally, where it matters. Christians deal with too much self-condemnation for being tempted.

The reality is that temptation is normal. Too many times we think that because we struggle with something, we may as well just cave in. But not giving in is what resistance is. It was not an accident that the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was in the middle of the garden of Eden.

God could have put it in the far corner, but He placed it squarely in the center so that Adam and Eve would have to walk past it no matter where they were headed. He was helping them develop patterns of obedience, which revealed their love for Him for the supernatural world to see. Did it cost Him? Too often we trust in ourselves and our own means.

Trials remind us that we need to depend on God alone for spiritual strength and satisfaction. This is why Jesus challenged the disciples when it came time to feed five thousand followers John The more we experience trials and the longer they become, they cause us to yearn for heaven.

God commands us to love him first and foremost. Trials come to both prove and reveal whether this is true. Abraham was tested when he was asked to sacrifice Isaac Gen.

Trials are difficult and often result in loss. These losses help us see the blessings that God does provide for his children. Truly our greatest blessings are spiritual. Faith is like a muscle, unless it is put to use and exercised, it will not get stronger. Stand firm and let Him accomplish His will in your life—by whatever means He deems necessary.

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