"Test all things..."
1 Thessalonians 5:21
This is an instruction from the Lord, to us, and it reminds me of Acts 17:11, that wonderful reference to the Bereans. The believers from Berea would listen to preaching, and then search the Scriptures for themselves, to see if what they had heard was true. This verse from Thessalonians is similar: "Test all things, and hold on to the good."
But lately I have been thinking that maybe it's not just a directive to us. Maybe it's how God feels about us, too. Maybe He tests us, and holds on to the good. Tests our strength, our endurance, our faith... As if He's saying, "I know you say you trust Me, but do you really??"
Of course, He's well aware of our strengths and weaknesses, but He wants us to know, too. He shows us what's not good in us, so that we will cling to what is good. And what's good in us is, of course, Him.
Submit to His testing of you. And make it worth your while. Learn the lesson He's teaching you; reject what part of you is not of Him, and hold on to the good. Hold on to Him.
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