The house is filled with the smell and everyone knows that mama is baking bread. When you start from scratch without frozen dough or a bread making machine, there are several steps and one of the most important step is called 'proofing'. You wait till the dough has risen and then you attack it. Yes, attack is the right term. You make a fist and you give the dough a good, solid punch and the dough falls and some novice might wonder why on earth would you do that to nicely rising dough. By pushing down, you force it to rebound. If it is any good it will and be better than before for more bubbles will form and make the bread lighter and fluffier.
God has asked us to proof Him. In Malachi 3:10 God tells us to test Him by giving of our resources. He asks that we push hard against Him and prove Him true to His promise to pour out a blessing till it overflows. He will bounce back after we do the unthinkable of giving money to His cause, the church. He wants us to test Him and He regularly tests us.
He will punch you hard and you will fall. He knows all about you and already knows how you will react, but you need to know yourself. You need to know what is in your heart. You need to know how healthy your faith is and it is this hurt that will help you to see if your faith will bounce back. Job said, "tho He slay me, yet will I trust Him". Job was pushed to the limit and was still able to declare his faith in His God. He was trusting God's character even when all logic went against His goodness. God honored his trust and poured out overflowing blessings on him.
He wants to pout out overflowing blessings on you.
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