Testing God

[Hermit7]

Would I be damned for testing God?

I'm sorry for this. It's just lately my OCD hit a spike. In a few days I'll be in counselling. But just today, my OCD has been taunting me again and agian.

And one of the responses that I considered doing is telling God that if "God, if any of this (whatever it might be) is real, then show me by the time so and so happens (by whatever time). If nothing happens than I assume that it was all in my mind."

I know that testing God is a sin. But I'm getting desperate.

-Herm

 

[SoldierOfSoul]

It is all OCD Hermit, none of it is your fault, God does not hold you accountable to OCD thoughts, ignore them the best you can and press on. God loves you, trust in who God is in the bible and not who your OCD makes Him out to be. He is a God of mercy and love, His only desire is a relationship with you in holiness, trust and love. OCD is in your mind and not based in reality, the reality is that OCD is a lie and God is truth.

 

[tripletiger1200]

Testing Him is a sin, but I am not so sure asking for reassurance is. There is a difference between putting a fleece before the Lord, like asking Him to do something really specific as a sign, and asking for guidance or reassurance that something is true. One is trying to force His hand to do something, the other is just asking someone who loves you to help give you some peace.