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
that God is testing us, but when we say God is testing us, we are referring to
the testing that develops 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 the 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 counter-attack. When waging a counter-attack against
the pain, suffering, and adversity put upon you, you then glorify God by
becoming stronger in your faith.
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