Tests of Faith

 Like the swaying of tall & limber trees, everything is a reflection of the divinity of the Most High, the natural elements, winds & storms attempt to knock them down but deeply rooted they stand tall not faltering in their stature.

We too experience life circumstances which attempt to knock us down...but if deeply rooted in faith with feet firmly planted in his word, we too will not falter...

Life is nothing more than a test of faith...yet while going through the test we often fail to realize that it is in fact a test of our faith in the One True God. Not acknowledging that our circumstances do not define who we are we often walk around with a cloud of doom over our heads failing to focus our energy on the Most High and having devout faith in Him. Our tests in our faith simply is to let go & let God/Yah, trusting in him and not leaning upon our own understanding.

While going through my own test of faith I read a post on Tumblr that read "Satan will always try to kill the seed of your promise before it reaches fruition" referring to Ephesians 4:27 "Do not give the devil an opportunity to work". The enemy has ways with interfering with our blessings when we allow fear to dictate our goals, dreams, and sometimes our lives. Scripture says that fear is not of the Creator. Fear is essentially the absence of faith. Many times we allow doubt to block the blessings that are rightfully ours. Think about about the story of the Israelites being led out of captivity from Egypt to Canaan, the promised land filled with milk & honey. The reason why they wandered in the wilderness for 40years was because they provoked Yah through their doubt of His word:

"...unbelief was a sin they often & long been guilty of, and which greatly prevailed among them, & was the root of all their murmurings, mutiny, and rebellion; and that was highly provoking to Yah, since they have ought to have believed Him, & that he was able to make good, and make good His promises to them..."


Proverbs 3:5 says to "trust in the LORD with all thine heart; & lean not unto thine own understanding". I'm life we face difficult situations where where there seems to be no logical solution, which cam lead to our mind over ananlyzing our situation and trying to figure things out. But in order to have complete faith & trust in Yah we need to "sometimes turn off our minds and stop over analyzing our situation when we don't see the answer in the natural realm".

The constant over analyzing --leaning on our own understanding--"is a distraction to our inner sensor". The thoughts in our mind can lead to fear and dread which hinder us from receiving what God/Yah is speaking to our hearts. Releasing the distractions and fear and listening to our hearts to hear what the Creator speaks is when faith begins to increase.