Are you being tested? ( 2 Peter 1 v 10-11)

It was the time of the Judges and Israel had not cleared the land of  the i'dolatress nations,God had left them there to see whither Israel would be faithful and obey His commandments and of course they didn't. (Judges 3 v 5-6).  As with  Israel  so God will test us ,there are different ways in which He will do this,take  prosperity ,there are those who preach a so called prosperity gospel.let me warn you ,that prosperity can be a bigger test than poverty .In 'Deuteronomy  8 v 10 -14'. Israel was warned that when they were in the promised land and they were prospering they were not to forget the Lord. In their wilderness journey  Israel faced many difficulties ,God humbled them to see what was in their hearts ,'Deut 8 v 2'.Christ knew what Judas was like ' John 12 v 6',yet he was entusted with the money bag,it was a test would he continue to be same old Judas a thief,or would he give up being a slave to money,he failed the test big time.It is James who writes in his epistle as regards the suffering that the Christians were going through, that it was in order to show that there faith was genuine  Chap 1 v 6-7'. Consider the difficulties in your marriage they can be a test from God , will you be faithfull to your marriage vows,remember them.God brings us into all different siuations,to test us,how are you doing with your test? how am I doing with my tests?.In 2 Peter 1 v 3 we read ,'that God has given us everything we need for a godly life' in other words  God has given us all we need to overcome all the tests we are faced with.In v4 he reminds us of the exceeding great and precious promises,they promise us the grace we need,the strength we need,the provisions we need,the power we need,the protection we need and most of all the promise that He our wonderful Saviour will be with us,we can pass the test.