Being tested to get Heaven

I have read and heard so many times -- devotionals, sermons, personal stories, Bible -- that God uses adversity to get us closer to the image of Christ; that HE tests our faith to make us grow stronger in HIM. All these have alwasy been encouraging to me. But the book where I least expected to learn more about test and blessings, gave me a new insight, the book of Deuteronomy.

As I was reading chapter 8, I kept praising the Lord for HIS love for us all as each verse revealed to me we are being "make ready" to get our land, our Heaven.
God will test us, HE will take us through the wilderness, chastise us and ALL in preparation for something wonderful, something we can't begin to grasp in our little earthly minds. I'm talking about Heaven. A "land", a place that will be like nothing we have experienced on earth. A place where HE fills everything. "For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flows out of valleys and hills..." (Deut 8:7) and land of abundance. We shall remember God is "He who gives us the power to get wealth" (vs 18) and therefore we shall live each day with gratitude in our hearts to the ONE that makes all things possible. That it's not with our strength but HIS that we can do all things and accomplish great things even coming out of trials triumphantly. It is HE who is with us through the "valley of the shadow and death" as well as in the land "eating bread without scarcity and lacking nothing (vs 9). IT is ALL because of HIM and HIS grace. "HE might humble you and He might test you to do you good in the end" (vs 16). He does it all because HE loves us and HE is preparing us for a unique HEAVEN. Isn't that wonderful?