Well, you're right on that. Can it be that we test our faith by works, that is by living it?
Look at my last post to boatbums. Each person devises his or her own "litmus test." To me, that smacks of superstition, but that's just my opinion, not judgment.
Realty tells us that either success, or failure, visits the righteous from the unrighteous indiscriminately.
Even though the Bible claims over and over that God is impartial, that same Bible also claims that God favors one group or one person over another.
People just pick and choose what they want to believe and then discard the rest.