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Job 23:10
10 But he knoweth [yada`] the way [derek] that I take [`immad]: when he hath tried [bachan] me, I shall come forth [yatsa'] as gold [zahab]. KJV-Interlinear
10 'But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. NASB
God knows the content of your soul. He knows the pattern of life, which you have chosen for yourself.
Everyone who has ever lived a reasonable length of years, gets tested. It is the nature of this devils world.
The world is ruled by Satan, his policies are jungle law and evil, and therefore life in this world is going to be difficult, especially for anyone who turns their back on evil and tries to maintain and advance in their spiritual life.
Psa. 139:3
3 Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, And art intimately acquainted with all my ways. NASB
God knows the life of every individual. You cannot fool Him. He knows your every thought, your every motivation, your every desire, your every word that you have or ever will speak, and He knows your every action, which you will take during your life.
There is no place where you can go and hide, or keep secret you’re your inner most secrets, desires, thoughts, motives, actions and so forth. You are a totally open book to Gods eyes. And, He has known all about you since eternity past. That is long before you ever came to know yourself.
Psa. 1:6
6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish. NASB
There are two broad categories of people who will ever live - those who will be saved and those who will not. God knows who will not believe in the savior Jesus Christ. They will eventually perish in the Lake of Fire.
As for the believers of history, they too can be categorized into at least three broad groups. Revisit the 'Parables' study. The first group consists of those who have believed in Christ, but will choose to go no further in their spiritual life. They are the indifferent group.
The second group consists of those believers who advance somewhat in their spiritual life, but life and the world just gets to them and they stumble many times along the way. They make attempts to grow up spiritually but they lack the motivation or drive to stick to their spiritual life. They have some spiritual growth.
The third group consists of those who advance all of the way to spiritual maturity. They stick it our through thick and thin and no matter what problems, or prejudices, or difficulties, or tests that might come their way in life, they remain steadfast in their path of spiritual growth.
1 Peter 1:7
7 that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; NASB
The Bible lists a hand full of people who have been tested to the extreme - Job, Abraham, Moses, David, Daniel and so forth. But rest assured that history has most likely produced many millions of folks who have been tested to the extreme in life, and passed.
The Bible doctrine that enters into your soul by way of your daily study, is as gold. But unlike the gold of this world, your spiritual life will last forever.
The gold of this world can be placed into a furnace and then removed. It goes in as gold and comes out as gold. The furnace does not harm the gold, but rather it comes out even better than before it went in.
And so you, with the gold of Bible doctrine, which is inside of you, will probably see trouble after trouble in your life. Stick with your spiritual growth, and you will go into and out of those troubles with no harm to you. Afterward, you will be better, stronger, and even more mature than before.
Testing from this world serves to accelerate your spiritual growth. And that is a good thing.
In every situation of life, there will be a beginning, a middle, and an end. All tests end.
Repeat that. All tests end!
The more you stick with your spiritual life style, the more you stick with you daily studies, the more you persevere inside of fellowship within your spiritual life, the easier and quicker, the tests will seem to become.
With your eyes on God, nothing in this life can harm you.
With your eyes on the things of this world and not on God, your suffering will only seem like an eternity, and no good will come out of your circumstances.
This is the devils world. Suffering is inevitable. You might as well benefit from it rather than not!
