This is why it is important to have a relationship with the Lord and keep on seeking everything from Him. It says we will be blessed when we 'patiently endure' temptations and testing. Endure means that they will happen, He doesn't say; know my Son and your life won't have testing and temptations. This world is not our home and when we focus on Jesus as Lord and Savior we are patient to be home someday. God doesn't tempt or give us trials to test our love, we grow to know Him and He gets us through them. Look what it says in chapter 1 verse 13; "And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and He never tempts anyone else." When we open our heart up and we let the Holy Spirit fill our heart we understand this and we don't get in a rut when life happens, we know there is a way out through Christ. In verses 14-15 it says, "Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death."
The world will continue to fill our heads with things that entice our feelings and when we don't fill up with God's truth we get unbalanced and we live by our feelings and do the things that satisfy our flesh and that will lead to death. I love what it says in verse 17; "Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow." We must hear this and believe this, He is the same always and is only good, so we can be confident and patiently endure whatever goes on in this world because we know it's not God. We did not choose this, God chose us, and He wants us to confess with our mouth and believe in our hearts so we can start to understand His word. Verse 18 says; He chose to give birth to us by giving us His true word. And we, out of all creation, became His prized possession."
That is what should make us thankful in all things and patient when this world happens and we start to get tired. Praise God for His love and His choosing of us, I pray that we choose Jesus and our heart fills with love. Amen