Satan is out
to destroy you. Satan does not want to test you to see how strong you are.
Satan does not want to test you to make you stronger. Satan wants you dead.
Satan wants you dead in the spirit and dead in the body. Yes, suffering and
pain are a test, but not a test from God. We can assign many things to God. We
can say God is testing us, but when we say God is testing us, we are referring
to the testing developing endurance and strength. An athlete works out to
strengthen the body by continually exercising muscles by applying resistance or
force against those muscles. Muscles in the arms grow stronger by using
barbells. Wind sprints build up the muscles in the legs, arms, and lungs by the
body's pushing against gravity. God does not concoct some kind of scheme to
make you weak and see you fail. What God does do is coach you from the
sidelines, so to speak, encouraging you to work hard to win the race. What God
most wants from you during your times of suffering and trauma is for you to
work against your painful circumstances. God wants you to work against the
weakening of your faith. God wants you to work against your obstacles of pain
put in your path by Satan. In this way, when Satan tries to destroy you, you
can turn Satan's attack against Satan. When Satan attacks you, you must wage a counterattack.
When you wage a counterattack against the pain, suffering, and adversity put
upon you, you then glorify God by becoming stronger in your faith.
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