Does God Test Us?
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Have you, or someone close to you, ever experienced something which made you ask yourself Is God testing me? A natural step for a Christian to take is to turn towards the Bible and see if there are examples when God tested a single individual or a group of individuals. References below are from the American Standard Bible: Updated Edition. For other versions please see Bible Gateway.
Ge 22:1 - Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."Job 23:10 - But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Ps 66:10 - For You have tried us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined.
Heb 11:17 - By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;
Isa 48:10 - Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Judges 3:1 - Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan;
Ps 26:2 - Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.