The Faith Test

"Trusting God when the miracle does not come, when the urgent prayer gets no answer, when there is only darkness - this is the kind of faith God values perhaps most of all" Nancy Guthrie, Holding On To Hope.

Let's face it - life hurts! Seems like there are seasons where the rains keep flooding, the clouds stay dark and valleys get deeper. Just when the sun tries to peak through the clouds a storm arises as quickly as afternoon summer thunderstorms. So how does one equip themselves with the sufficient protection from these seasons? We clothe ourselves in faith for a better day, a better way and knowledge of a perfect God. When we begin to question God's character based on our circumstances our faith begins to erode and despair seeps through the broken ground.

Christ never said our walk would be easy but He did say our walk would be shared, shared with the One who loves us most, shared with the One who carries us when our feet cannot move one more step. Carol Kent in A New Kind of Normal states that we will all face a faith test. “It is that moment in time when what we have always believed about who God is and what He allows to happen in our lives intersects with the reality of our experience – a head-on collision between our faith and the hard facts of an impossible situation…Will we cut and run from our relationship with God, or will we rely on Him and believe His character is still good?”

As the waters rise and the valleys deepen my faith chooses to believe I can trust God, I can depend on Him and in the end God will bring me the sweet spoils of victory!