Faith Filled Family Magazine November 2016 | Page 13

Hopeful
THROUGH

TIMES
OF
TESTING
BY CHRIS BENTON

“Her love
softened my
heart enough
to come back
to God.”

“Growth doesn’t
happen over night
and if it did and
God gave us what
we he said right
away, we would
not be ready.”

W

hat do you do when
you have faith for
something
that
God has promised
you but it just doesn’t seem like
it is ever going to happen? Many
times it could be months, if not
years, to get to that promise because it takes patience in order
to get to where God is leading
you. God is not going to give you
something you are not ready for
,so there will be many tests along
the way to help prune you. Imagine if he gave you everything you
ever asked for, would you really
have much faith or would you be
spiritually strong?
Think about the promise that
Joseph got? When he told his
brothers they mocked him:
Genesis 37:8 His brothers said
to him, “Do you intend to reign
over us? Will you actually rule
us?” And they hated him all the
more because of his dream and
what he had said.
His brothers eventually sold him

“God will open
doors when there
are none.”