Deuteronomy 8:2 “And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and to test you, to know what was in your heart, to know whether you would keep His commandments or not.”
One of the lessons preached over and over in Deuteronomy was for God’s people to remember to remember. For some reason, we are very forgetful from one day to the next of how God has worked and blessed us.
In Deuteronomy 8:2 God’s people were to remember that God led them with a purpose. His purpose was for revealing what was on the inside of His people. Notice the “to” word is used over and over; to humble you; to test you: to know what was in your heart; to know whether you would keep His commandments.
We should remember that trials are one of God’s great tools for testing His people to see what is in a person’s heart and where their faith is. James writes that trials force your faith out into the open. Notice James 1:3 from the Message as it says, “You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors.”
As you walk through this day beware that God may have a test – a pop quiz – in order to humble you (a test can surely do that) and to see if you are going to obey – to see what is in your heart.
With every trial, God has a purpose.
Continue Strong trusting and obeying God,
And remember to DATE The Word