Quotes about Testing
We are built for the valley, for the ordinary stuff we are in, and that is where we have to prove our mettle.
- Oswald Chambers
The test of mountain-top experiences, of mysticism, of visions of God and of solitariness is when you are "in the soup" of actual circumstances.
- Oswald Chambers
He may give you a time spiritually, with no word from Himself at all, just as His Son experienced during His time of temptation in the wilderness.
- Oswald Chambers
Thank God that He does give us difficult things to do! His salvation is a joyous thing, but it is also something that requires bravery, courage, and holiness. It tests us for all we are worth.
- Oswald Chambers
God has to take us into the valley and put us through fires and floods to batter us into shape, until we get to the point where He can trust us with the reality of the vision
- Oswald Chambers
“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- Genesis 22:12
And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
- Genesis 42:15
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
- Genesis 42:16
Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
- Exodus 4:24
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
- Exodus 15:23
And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- Exodus 16:2
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
- Exodus 16:4