It appears God is constantly examining our heart and its condition before him.
Living in the Light and the truth of God can require some serious choices to die to ones self and yield to God and allow him be Lord "In Deed" LORD in OUR HEART.
I would venture to say 99.9999% of all our struggles come down to obedience to Gods Truth and our unwillingness to Die to our flesh and rise to our new life "Gods Way of Being and Doing".
God is patient and long suffering however I would advise it would be foolish to stretch this patience and when God says enough we will not enjoy the consequences of being brought to our senses.
As the word says the wise man sees trouble coming and avoids it.
Deuteronomy 15:7
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother,
