Build Strong Spiritual Muscles
“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)
I cringe sometimes when people say, “God is testing you” to someone who is facing a difficult time.
Did you know that our God is omniscient? He knows everything in the past, present, and future. Why would He need to test you to see if you have faith or not? He already knows the eventual result before you even do it.
The “testing of your faith” refers to you using faith in a real-life scenario. It is an opportunity to put to practice what you have learned in God’s word.
After testing your faith, what you know will no longer be theory, but a life experience.
It is like working out in the gym. The testing of your strength produces stronger muscles. Similarly, the testing of your faith produces patience (strong ‘spiritual muscles’).
You cannot skip the working out phase and end up toned and muscular like a bodybuilder. You have to go through the process of testing your strength. Oftentimes, you will be pushed to your physical limits so that the muscles can be challenged and grow.
If you want to end up as someone who is spiritually strong—effortlessly applying Gospel truths in life and not easily shaken by trials and tribulations, you have to go through the process of testing your faith.
God will allow you to be in situations where you have to overcome a problem through having faith in Him. Sometimes, it will seem like too much to handle. It is like lifting a heavier set of dumbbells that you have never tried before.
Thankfully, we have a personal trainer who is always with us to help us work our spiritual muscles. The Holy Spirit is our Helper who guides us through the process of developing patience, so that we may be perfect and complete in our soul and body through the renewal of our minds.
When you encounter a situation where you feel pushed to your limit, see it as an exercise that your personal trainer tailor-made to build you up. Instead of shrinking from the challenge in fear, trust Him and go through that workout. With every Scripture, prayer, stepping out in faith, you will emerge stronger and the results will be visible to all!
The way of faith is very rewarding. Receive miracle-working faith by seeing God’s heart of love and Grace towards you, in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ: https://bit.ly/messiahs-miracles
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