God does not disregard the testing stage; it is an integral part of His plan. He is a manufacturer of righteous character, training Christian soldiers to lead His Kingdom alongside Him. He produces sons and daughters in the image of Jesus Christ, running every single person through the proving grounds. He tests each individual He chooses, putting them through the paces to check and improve their quality. He seeks to know when they will break, how well they endure, how they function in adverse and favorable situations, and everything about them, giving them opportunities to show they belong to Him. He will not accept any product that fails to meet His high standards of righteousness, maintaining His reputation as God by rejecting anything slipshod or substandard. His work aims to teach us to think as He andaffects us to think as He and His Son do, so we can react properly to situations and make sound, wise decisions based on what we have learned and experienced. He tests us on the proving grounds of human life to develop this character and likemindedness with Him, preparing us to rule with Him in His Kingdom. By refusing to conform to this world and transforming our minds into reflections of Christ's, we learn, test, and prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. Through rejecting this world and living God's way of life, we come to understand His will. God has provided an instruction manual in Scripture, over 31,000 verses inspired by Him, to learn His will through reading, studying, meditating, and accepting its teachings. With the help of His Spirit, we gain understanding and insight into His will, an advantage over those without it. His will is clear in passages like Exodus 20 with the Ten Commandments, Matthew 5 with the Beatitudes, and Galatians 5 with the fruit of the Spirit, guiding how we should live and relate to one another. However, God does not want us merely to learn and accept these declarations; He desires us to prove them. He wants us to test His will to be convinced of its wisdom and goodness in all situations. God puts us through specific circumstances where we must apply His will, often under pressure or discomfort, to truly know it is the best way. By experiencing and proving His will, it becomes deeply ingrained in our character, confirming that His way is right, good, acceptable, and perfect. The key word in Romans 12:2, "prove," from the Greek "dokimazo," means to test or try something, to evaluate its genuineness or reliability. God tests the genuineness of our faith, and He expects us to test His way of life to see if it is superior. He wants us to live it, to put His will through the paces in all forms, to confirm it as advertised and to experience the promised outcomes. For instance, in Malachi, He challenges us to prove Him by tithing, promising blessings in return, demonstrating that following His command yields the desired results. This principle of proving God's will appears in various Scriptures, such as I Thessalonians 5:21, urging us to test all things for goodness and reject evil, and I John 4:1, instructing us to test spirits to see if they align with God's will. Proving God's will is not always quick or easy; it often requires time, deep thought, and discernment to evaluate outcomes, especially in relationships where snap judgments can be disastrous. We must be patient, forbearing, and merciful, allowing time to confirm our evaluations. In Ephesians 5, proving what is acceptable to the Lord is shown as integral to our Christian walk, producing goodness, righteousness, and truth as children of light. Paul emphasizes being circumspect, aware, and wise in how we live, not wasting time on distractions, as we do not know how much time we have to complete this proving process. In Philippians 1, proving God's will is linked to growing in love, gaining spiritual knowledge, learning discernment, and approving excellent things, all to glorify and praise God through living His way and