God Gives Trials and Testings?

If we were to sit back and analyse any trials we have faced, we can always trace them back to one of two things. Either, the trial has come about because of our own foolish/willful/greedy/self-centred etc actions or by the foolish/harmful/spiteful/selfish etc actions of other people. In either case, God can and often does use these things to teach His children a lesson, but we cannot say that God caused them or that He gave them to us for that purpose. Jesus Himself said that in this world we WILL have tribulations, but He also promised that tribulations bring patience and other virtues. We learn from trials and tribulations and because of them, we grow and become more Christlike. When are lives are committed to a relationship with our Father God, we expect Him to guide and direct us and to challenge and correct us. We expect Him to show us where we have erred, and He often uses trials to do this. I know that I can look back on trials in my life (some of them quite severe tribulations) and I can be truly THANKFUL for them, because God used them to mature me and to make me what I am.

God gives each and every one of us a trial, even the person who is experiencing misery in life. He's just testing our faith in Him. Don't think too much of your problem because God is more powerful and bigger than your trials. Yes, we have problems but that doesn't mean that we must focus on that and blame God for giving us trials. God wants is that we draw near to him and walk in faith. God will not give you trials you can't bear. God loves us! And with trials and testing, He will not leave us nor forsake us because we are his children.

To tackle it in a little different way: We live in a fallen, imperfect world so we're going to run into troubles. The Bible says that it rains on the just and the unjust and God doesn't stop that. Sometimes it seems that Christians have more troubles (especially if you're a Christian!) but look around and see those who don't know Christ - look at their troubles. I would not want to face many of them without the support and love of God. Again: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Every temptation we suffer is common to all. We who know God can be secure in knowing that He will not allow anything to come against us that we cannot handle with His help. Does God send trials and temptations? I think it's more a matter of "allowing," although under a microscope, the two "giving" and "allowing" look pretty much the same. If He can stop anything (and He can), then if He doesn't stop it, He's sending it our way... or is He just allowing it? I'm not sure there is a difference.

Hi! levite I agree that god gives trials to test his children. Trials come to us to generate faith in us so that we can be more happy with our livesand face problems. So trials come to us to increase faith in us Thank you for starting the discussion

God always gives you challenges to test how long you have for him. He always be making many trials for him to test how would you able to do it and even he would gives you many problems to test if you would still call him along all the trials he gave you but despite all he would happily gave you all the blessings you deserve.

Read the story of Job and you will get the idea. For your question "Does God give us trials or allows them", He does both. God wants us to be the best person we can be. It is through these tests and trials that we become stronger. Think of some of these "trials" that you have passed in your life. Have you become a stronger person because of it? God allows all of these to happen to us. Imagine a father teaching his son how to ride a bike. The father starts by holding the bike, keeping it upright as the son pedals. If he keeps holding the bike, his son will not learn. He needs to let go and allow his son to fall in order to learn balance.

I agree with you! Sometimes I think our comfort is more like little stabs (not that folks mean it that way). And I think you're right, supporting someone in prayer is the number one way to go.. I think it's a bit of a paradox anyway, that yes, perhaps He allows troubles for they purify us, but on the other hand I feel if we have lots of trust, we sail through the storms very safely.. I'm not sure I think of our troubles as coming from Him, or even allowed by Him, except in the sense that He lets things flow and unfold. I think we allow troubles, yes even sickness, but we don't realize that He is healing and He designed all things to be 100% healthy.. I guess I feel there's sickness and hardship but we need to have on our armor against it.. that "those who abide under the shadow of his wings", "no calamity nor plague will come nigh" our dwelling (if we keep our shield and armor in place, with prayer). Is there sorrow? Yes, but I believe, even that, He carries. He saves our loved ones, even if it is in the last moments of their life, during their last breaths. To me His shield called faith could be called trust, and like His Spirit it is a mighty covering shield. [Because he endowed thinking ability, thus choice, we all suffer some, but he suffers and lives through it all! All sufferings which ever occur..]

Trials come from the believers' environment to prove their faith (James 1:2-3) through suffering (vv. 9-11). The believers should endure the trials with all joy (v. 2) because of their love for the Lord, that they may receive the crown of life (v. 12). Suffering that come from trials to test the quality are used to test the believers faith (1 Pet. 1:7) to see whether they follow Christ in suffering for doing good (2:19-23; 3:14-18). Source: Recovery Version of the Bible

God is the Ultimate Creator,and when He created Humans in his likeness and Image, He made us Creators as well. Every day, every hour, every minute, and second of your life you are creating the next second, minute, hour and day, of your life.In other words God does not create your problems and misery in life, you are creating them all by yourself. God is not testing you, you are experiencing your own inadequacies all by your self. Yes it would be nice if we could Blame our troubles all on God, but such is not the case! Its time to realize that self is to blame not God!