by Ryan Pearson

Created on: July 30, 2008   Last Updated: August 29, 2008

Many people ask the question 'Does God test our faith?'.
Does our faith get tested, I would have to say yes.
Is it God giving us a test, I would have to say no.

I believe the way you look at the answer to this commonly
asked question, really depends on your views of what or
who God is. Many people believe that God is a powerful
white bearded man that lives up in the sky sitting on

a throne in the sky. In this belief system, God watches
over every person's life and rewards the people who are
'good' and punishes the people that are 'bad'. In this
way of believing, I can see how these people would think
that the white bearded God would test people's faith, just
to make sure they are not lying about their faith.

If we look at this from a metaphysical point of view, then God
is an all loving universal creative energy that is one with
all people, animals, plants, planets, stars, objects and space.
In this belief system we are all a part of that creative source,
therefore we are creating our own reality all of the time.

Moving forward I will use the name God to represent the creative
source energy that is 'all that is'. We were created in the image
and likeness of God, which means that we have the creative power
of God.

Our tool we use for creation is our subconscious mind, you can
even call it your 'God Mind'. Our subconscious mind is filled
with thoughts, beliefs and ways of viewing the world that have
been fed into it throughout our entire life. It is the thoughts
and beliefs in our subconscious mind that reach out and create our
external reality.

It is our beliefs that create our thoughts, our thoughts create our
external reality. Faith, then is an absolute belief. 100% faith
means no doubt.

In order for us to create on the most powerful levels, we must have
absolute faith. In order for us to step into living our Divine Purpose,
we must have absolute faith. For us to break the chains of lack and
mediocrity, we must have absolute faith in our God given right to
prosperity, abundance and greatness.

Sometimes, due to our subconscious programming throughout our entire
life, we are unable to just all of a sudden have absolute faith in
something over night. There is sometimes a process that we need to
practice, that will get us closer to the creative source within
us to strengthen our conscious connection to God. It is only
through our connection to God, that we can truly have complete
faith.

For many of us, we live our lives caught up in the hustle and bustle
of life, that keeps us more connected to our minds,

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