Illustration of testing

The phrase, “When God doesn’t make sense” is usually associated with evil, or tragedy in the world. But you might also associate it with God’s command in Genesis 22:1-2, where Abraham was asked to sacrifice Isaac.

We can only imagine how valuable Isaac was to Abraham, and perhaps that is why God's command made sense. God wanted to test, or prove Abraham’s faith. The question is this: did Abraham still trust in the Lord, or had his faith shifted to his son of promise?

Can the fulfillment of a promise possibly supplant one’s faith in Jesus Christ? In what situations does God prove our faith today? (see 1 Peter 1:6-8)

As a teacher, I use exams to determine how well students understand material we’ve studied. Think about giving a brief quiz during step 2 of this week’s lesson, “Do you obey in faith?” It might work as “illustration of testing” if you reduced your quiz to three questions.Here other example quizzes.