ALL TESTS ARE TEMPORARY AND LIMITED IN DURATION!

The passage, ‘This trouble you’re in isn’t punishment; it’s training’ (Hebrews 12:8 MSG), reminds us to dismiss the notion that God does not see our struggle because, though He is fully engaged, He sees the needs of tomorrow and, accordingly, uses our circumstances to create the test of today which He has the authority to do, after all, He is the potter and we are the clay, the shepherd and we the sheep, the gardener and we the branches, the teacher and we the students. In other words, if we trust His training, we will get through because all tests are temporary and limited in duration. So let the knowledge that: 1) We cannot shorten our testing period, but we can definitely lengthen them by being proud, stubborn and resisting what God wants to teach us; 2) He won’t deny us that choice, but neither will He protect us from the consequences of our choice; and 3) Good understanding gains favour, but the way of the unfaithful is hard; teach you, you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trial, to do it His way, for that indeed is the best way, always!FG. www.fgtalks.com