Our LordJesusChrist does not try our faith Jam 1:13.<br>It is the enemy, Satan, who tempts, who attacks, who tries to undermine our faith in Christ.<p>Since faith is necessary to please our Lord, it would be foolish for Him to try to undermine our faith.<p>Can you imagine having a good relationship with a person who randomly does things to hurt you?  No.  You would distance yourself from such a person.<p>In Gen 3:1 we see Eve being tempted by the serpent whose angle was to make her distrust the Lord. His trying her faith to undermine it made the serpent her enemy. <p>Unfortunately, Eve was naive and did not recognize him as her enemy. Had she had the patience to wait and talk to the Lord about it, things would have been different.<p>When we stand firm in our faith through an attack on it we manifest patience.<hr>It is clear from context that the ^trying^ in this verse means ^testing^.   However it is consistent with the theme of ^faith without works is dead^ to also consider the ^trying^ as the ^exercising^ of your faith. -> The testing of your faith is what Satan does.  -> The exercising of your faith is what you do.<p>Testing results in patience while exercising results in healings, deliverances and victories of all kinds.