FINALS WEEK IS COMING!
Finals Week… It's when you take all those exams and find out what you know. These exams grill you and test you to find out if you’re truly ready to graduate and go to the next level. How true this is in real life! Everything that’s headed for greatness must first be tested. Most would agree that we should never put something on the shelf for the world to buy if it has not first been tested. When something is being tested, it is a sign of an impending elevated purpose.
Are you aware that God tests you? Are you passing those tests? Some things you are going through have been allowed by God as a test to determine how great your purpose or ministry will be. Is it ready to be put on the shelf of the world’s stage or does it need to head back to the lab for more refinement? It all comes down to the state of our heart.
DEUT 8:2-3 Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Just like finals week, testing and trials are an opportunity for promotion and significant purpose! If you recall the story of David and Goliath, you will note that it was Goliath that kicked off the destiny and call of God upon David’s life.The secret to passing tests is to be filled with the revelation, presence, and power of the One who is using those tests to bring about your promotion.
Tests are never fun at the time but do brandish the power to yield life-altering, promotion-commanding results. Test make some people better and others bitter. Those who get bitter, miss out on the powerful, life-changing purpose of testing and trials. The difference between the two is determined by what they chose to be filled with.
May you be determined to be filled with God today! May you, by God's grace, through faith, pass every test you face today. Don’t worry about tomorrow – tomorrow will have enough tests of its own! Jesus said, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Jn 16:33(KJV)
Have you noticed that it isn’t cloudy and raining every day? King David said, “ though I walk THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” Psalm 23:4This I know, trials are only for a season and are definitely for a reason.If everything is going smooth in your life right now, be grateful and thoroughly enjoy the season, but don’t forget to live your life in preparation through intimacy with God because…