Trials cannot ever destroy true faith. It can only test it. That is the intention of trials. It will either affirm the legitimacy of our faith if we endure, or it will show that our faith was not real to begin with if we abandon God in the midst of trial. This is why James 1:2-3 says
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. An let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing"
Trials should never drive us to others for advice they drive us to God for wisdom.
Isa 43:25 NASB - 25 "I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
ReplyDeleteWe are to forgive the way God has forgiven us. He says in Is. 43:25 He will remember our sins no more. It does not say he will forget them which would be a passive act. He says he will remember them no more. This is active.