The Testing Of Our Faith
There is only one way
for faith to be tested
and that way is through
conflict or strife.
For faith isn't "real" until you
have to cling to it
through the storms
of this earthly life.
And faith can't be strengthened
any other way
except to trust Him
against all the odds.
For faith will require you tune
out the world's voices
so you can listen to
the voice of your God.
Faith can also be tested
in very personal ways
with God drawing a line
like a fence.
And it's there you make a choice
to believe what He says
and not your own kind
of frail, common sense.
Because it's not on the mountain tops
of worldly successes
that faith is seen
for its beauty and fire,
But it's down in the valley,
where we climb and we labor
while looking upward
with faith and desire.
And when faith is tested
through the passage of time
and through the hardest,
most difficult lessons,
It changes and grows
till it's purified & perfected
and more valued
than all your possessions.
That faith makes you stronger
and able to see God better
because your confidence
is no longer on you.
But rather on the authority
of the Lord Jesus Christ
and His power
to be faithful and true.
© Sheila Gosney
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for non-profit ministering purposes.
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
( James 1:2-4 )(NKJV)
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
( Hebrews 11:1-3 )(NKJV)
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
( Psalm 89:4-6 )(KJV) |
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