The trial of your faith

"Do not lay your hand on the lad...for now I know that you fear God.. And Abraham saw a ram caught in a bush and offered it up in the stead of his son."
(Gen.22:11-13)
Abraham passed the test. And the writer of Hebrews further says that he received Isaac back from the dead in a figure or a type, this being a type of the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Our faith may be tried in similar ways to that of Abraham's today. We may find ourselves in circumstances and situations which seem entirely opposite of God's revealed purpose for our lives, and yet the Lord says "wait on me." Do we question God and try to help him out as Abraham did previously? Or do we trust that God knows what He's doing?
Of course God doesn't usually speak in such audible voices today as he did then, but what if He did speak to you and you knew it was him and He told us to do something which seemed at cross purposes with his revealed will as we understand it? He does speak in several ways today. He speaks through His word. He speaks through circumstances. He speaks through other believers. He also speaks through His Holy Spirit, but this one may be a little hard to determine for certain that it is him, so we need to test it with the other three.
Sometimes our circumstances are trials in and of themselves. James tells us in James 1:3-4 to "Count it all joy when we fall into various trials, knowing that the trial of your faith produces patience." Peter said in IPeter 1:7 that the trial of our faith is much more precious than gold which perishes. though tried with fire.." Job said "When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold."
In Romans 5:1-5, after mentioning the peace we have with God through justification, Paul immediately goes on to talk about trials and gives a whole list of things which they accomplish in our lives--things like patience, experience, character and hope.
Abraham passed the test. Will you?