Testing Reveals Your Heart

0:00You're listening to the Experiencing God Day-by-day podcast brought to you by Black and Me Ministries International. March 10. Testing Reveals Your Heart. Deuteronomy 8 verses 2 and 3. Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands. He humbled you by letting you go hungry. Then He gave you mana to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. God allows us to suffer difficulties and hardships for a purpose. God led the children of Israel to wander through the wilderness for 40 years in order to humble

1:03them and test them. When they refused to obey Him and enter the Promised Land, the Israelites revealed that they did not really know Him. If they had, they would have had more faith. God spent the next 40 years testing the hearts of His people to see if they were prepared for His next assignment. Testing reveals what is in your heart and produces a robust faith. James 1, verse 3, and verse 12. God allowed His people to hunger so they could experience His provision and develop a deeper level of trust in Him. As the people walked with God, they came to understand that their lives depended upon His Word. They learned that God's Word was the most important thing they had. After depending on God for 40 years while living in the desert, the people listened when God spoke, and they believed. When they finally entered the Promised Land and waged war against their enemies, the Israelites knew that God's Word meant life and death.

2:05They were prepared to listen to Him, and as a result He led them to an astounding victory. Is God presently testing you in some area of your life? What is His testing revealed? Be become bitter toward God because of where He has led you, or have you come to trust Him more as a result of what you have gone through? This podcast is based on the book Experiencing God Day by Day by Henry and Richard Blackabee, published by B&H Publishing Group, Music by Mark Brown.