This Is a Test

The testing of your faith produces patience.
James 1:3

Recommended Reading Psalm 17:3-5

About a hundred years ago, a Bible college in Lestershire, New York, asked Walter Martin to help them compile a hymnal for school use. He moved there with his family and took up the assignment. One Sunday he left the house for a preaching appointment, but his wife Civilla felt ill and stayed home. That evening as Civilla thought about the struggles of life, she wrote the words to the poem, "God Will Take Care of You." Returning home, Walter read the poem and composed the music; and a great hymn was born.

The last stanza of this hymn says, "No matter what may be the test, God will take care of you." Our trials and troubles are often tests. Genesis 22:1 says that God tested Abraham. David said, "I know also, my God, that You test the heart" (1 Chronicles 29:17). Psalm 11:5 says, "The Lord tests the righteous."

If you're facing trials and troubles now, think of it as a test. God is testing the quality of your faith to see if you'll trust Him; and He's testing the extent of your dependability to see if you'll obey Him.

The testing of our faith produces patience; and as we trust and obey Him, He will take care of us.

Through every day, o'er all the way; He will take care of you.
Civilla Martin