Faith Test

Faith Test #3

One of the biggest tests of faith is holding on to God’s promises when going through a rough time in a Christian’s life. Often Christians tend to believe that the reason for their troubling times is because of a sin or simply that “God hates them”, when actually it is the furthest from the truth. One can find this through the great example of Abraham in Genesis 22: 1-24, that God’s promises hold true even through times where faith might run thin. The first thing one can learn from Abraham’s example is to be obedient to God even when rough events come. Often one can let circumstances rule their emotions, and the first mistake one will make is misplacing their trust in God’s promises for their own feelings of fear and inadequacy. In verses two and three , the first thing that Abraham does is stay obedient to God as he prepared the next morning to go to the place God had asked him to sacrifice his son. The next lesson is that even though one might feel far away from God in troubling times that is when God is the closest. A great example is the well-known poem, Footprints in the Sand. The character