It's Only A Test
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- It's Only A Test
"You can trust God to keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it, for he has promised this and will do what he says." (1 Corinthians 10:13 TLB)
Just as you know, most times in life God would always put us up to the test; and one major test is the trial of our faith and patience in Him: Your contentment in Him.
With many of us, God is going to set up a meeting date, and purposefully He's going to show up late just so that He could see what we are really capable of doing when it seems as though He's absent or not coming any sooner.
Saul had the same test. In First Samuel 13:8-14, a meeting was set up between him and God through the person of Samuel the seer, but Samuel never showed up. In an attempt to preserve his ego, Saul carried out the levitical and priestly duties that were forbidden for him to perform. At a period when it seemed like God wasn't around anymore, he decided to take God's place.
The same thing happened with the servant in Jesus' parable, who in the absence of his Master saturated himself with wickedness. In plain words, your 'alone' time is a testing period. That moment when the atmosphere feels as though 'God understands!' or 'He's giving you the helm' is when you should be the more careful, for it's in such periods that many of us seek to speak even when He hasn't spoken; the same period where we seek to act when He hasn't bid us to action.
The content man would wait for God no matter how long He takes, because his satisfaction is in God; but the discontented would always seek an 'Endorian' to show him his freelance status.
So, even as the month has opened up, God is going to be testing a whole lot of us; it would only be wise if we as Ezekiel can humble ourselves, saying 'Thou knowest, Lord' whenever we find ourselves in a dilemma, rather than going the Samson's way saying 'I will'.
Make this period of your life one where your actions would be guided by the words of God, not fleshy instincts nor detestable egos; for if we must scale through this calendar with God beside us, then we must be willing to wait for Him no matter how long it takes: and my friend, waiting is only spurred through contentment.
Hence, content yourself in God!
- It's Only A Test
"You can trust God to keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up against it, for he has promised this and will do what he says." (1 Corinthians 10:13 TLB)
Just as you know, most times in life God would always put us up to the test; and one major test is the trial of our faith and patience in Him: Your contentment in Him.
With many of us, God is going to set up a meeting date, and purposefully He's going to show up late just so that He could see what we are really capable of doing when it seems as though He's absent or not coming any sooner.
Saul had the same test. In First Samuel 13:8-14, a meeting was set up between him and God through the person of Samuel the seer, but Samuel never showed up. In an attempt to preserve his ego, Saul carried out the levitical and priestly duties that were forbidden for him to perform. At a period when it seemed like God wasn't around anymore, he decided to take God's place.
The same thing happened with the servant in Jesus' parable, who in the absence of his Master saturated himself with wickedness. In plain words, your 'alone' time is a testing period. That moment when the atmosphere feels as though 'God understands!' or 'He's giving you the helm' is when you should be the more careful, for it's in such periods that many of us seek to speak even when He hasn't spoken; the same period where we seek to act when He hasn't bid us to action.
The content man would wait for God no matter how long He takes, because his satisfaction is in God; but the discontented would always seek an 'Endorian' to show him his freelance status.
So, even as the month has opened up, God is going to be testing a whole lot of us; it would only be wise if we as Ezekiel can humble ourselves, saying 'Thou knowest, Lord' whenever we find ourselves in a dilemma, rather than going the Samson's way saying 'I will'.
Make this period of your life one where your actions would be guided by the words of God, not fleshy instincts nor detestable egos; for if we must scale through this calendar with God beside us, then we must be willing to wait for Him no matter how long it takes: and my friend, waiting is only spurred through contentment.
Hence, content yourself in God!
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