It is fair to say in one time or another; a saint’s faith will be tested. Isn’t it easy to believe, trust, praise, and worship God when all is going well in your life? Family is well, career is established, money is flowing, nice house, descent car, that’s when praise comes easy. But what happens when what was once great now becomes unsatisfactory.  

      What happens when the economy now has caused your job to end, which now reflects why your cash flow is about empty. Or now your children have become rebellious, marriage is on the brinks, illness has afflicted the body, or death has silently or suddenly stolen your love one. What happens when Satan has finally visited your door? Why is it now the praise is a whisper, or a mild clapping of the hands, or a fake smile upon the face? What happen to the radical praise? 

      Many Christians can probably contest that during trails and tribulations, its hard to press their way to church, bible study, read the Word on their own time, encourage themselves, remain faithful in their tithes and servitude, and even to pray.   But it is during the difficult times, that Christians must remember, that the Lord is still present. God doesn’t run because Satan has shown up. As a matter of fact, Satan had to ask permission to show up. The test could be to see if you would run or perhaps would one’s circumstance dictate their relationship with the Lord?  The big question shouldn’t be what are we going through, but rather how will we go through?  

     It times like this that God truly wants to show himself strong and bring you out with a testimony to share and help others. But will we have the faith, will our faith be strong enough to prohibit us from throwing in the towel. Will our faith be like Job’s and be one of no matter what happens, I am still going to trust him. Will it be like the Blind Bartimaeus, just wait on him. No matter how long it takes Jesus to show up on our behalf, we going to be there waiting. Or will it be like woman with the issue of blood, reach out and touch him and have the faith that through our touch, we will be made whole. 

Faith is believing in what you can’t see rather than what you can. Even when it seems God is not around, not even a trace of him., continue to trust him.