Passing the Test

In school there were a lot of tests that I studied for and learned what I needed to just to pass the test. After that some of the information I forgot unless it was something I kept using(i.e. Math etc.).  So many times we are like that in life. We keep talking about if I can just pass this test I'll be able to move on, if I can just pass this test and get over this mountain things will get easier....... God is not as concerned about us passing the test as He is about us applying what we have learned(walking it out) in this journey.

Once you pass the test, remember what you have learned and use it. Chances are you may have scars from the test or some markings from along the way, don't stay focused on those, but let them serve as reminders of what you have walked through. Let them serve as motivation and inspiration for what lies ahead. Take those lessons, that strength and use it as you walk out the journey. You are still His child and nothing happens to you that doesn't come through His hand.

How many times do we think we have passed the test only to find ourselves looking at the same information again later on? Maybe its not the test we see this time, but God wanting us to show others how to walk through it. As a teacher, it is difficult when along the way the students seem like they are getting it, passing their tests so to speak, but then if the information is presented in a different format on a end of the quarter test, they don't do so well. They passed the tests along the way, but when it came time to apply what they had learned, they were unable to for whatever reason.

Life is going to throw tests at your way, that's just how things go in this world. God knows what is on them and He's prepared us along the way for when the testing time comes(as long as we listen!). Take the test with pride, answer what you can, and pass the test. Then take what you learn from the test and use it as you walk out the next part of your journey. Don't have test anxiety(how many remember that from school?) about the tests that are to come, take what you have learned, and you'll soar through the journey and the tests that are still to come. In Math things build on each other, and in life they do as well. There are some tests we have to go through as baby Christians, and there are some that God knows we can't handle until we are eating meat. Learn what you can, and then focus on applying that in your journey and not on what test is coming next.

Until next time..
Safely in His lap
~Melissa