Beloved, our God does not tempt us. Rather, he tests us to prepare us for the work HE has ahead for us and to see what’s in our hearts. Are you ready for God’s tests? Be encouuraged to know our Father wants us to mature and be ready for the spiritual battles that will come to us. Also, HE wants to know if you will obey HIM.
Judges 3:1-31 (Emphasis on verse 1-2)
1 These are the nations that the LORD left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.
2 He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
Deuteronomy 8:2
2 You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
Jeremiah 17:10
10 “I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.
1 Corinthians 3:13
13 each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work.
James 1:3
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.