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By stephanie wilde
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We knew, when the big day finally arrived and we solemnly took our places, that all our dreams and ambitions for the future now hinged on how well we survived the next few hours.
As we turned over those question papers, the enormity of it all hit, and for a brief, few moments we were each seized with a flutter of panic that we wouldn't know any of the answers.
But then, as we read through the first few questions, we began to recognise key words, and recall the things we knew relating to them, and suddenly we felt a glimmer of hope. This was not impossible at all. In fact, as we quickly scanned further on, some it even looked quite easy!
We emerged from those two or three hours of intense testing relieved to have made it, and maybe even quietly confident. Now we could move on and look forward to all the new and exciting learning experiences of the future.
In the same way, at each stage of his or her journey, a growing Christian will have to sit an exam. The words 'Test Of Faith' are enough to strike fear into the heart of even the stoutest of Christians, and conjure up images of a scowling God, throwing all manner of mayhem with one hand, while the other brandishes His cane, ready to strike the moment we fail.
Reality, however, could not be more different.
Every year, schools publish their exam results nationwide, as a testament to the proficiency, not of their students, but of their teachers, and their prowess as institutions of learning.
A test of faith is not about God testing you; it is about you testing Him.
God has already got faith in you. Before you were born, He had a plan for your life. Every test you encounter has been specifically designed for you. God knows you are ready, because He has been preparing you for it, and has made sure that you have had all the training you will need in order to get through it with flying colours.
Not only that, but there is no time limit; you will work through it at your own pace, until you come out victorious on the other side; you cannot fail. He even gives you the textbook with all the answers, sits beside you all the way through and encourages you to ask Him for help.
A Test Of Faith is about you testing God's faithfulness to you, so that when you reach the end of it, your relationship with Him will be stronger and surer than ever, and you will know beyond doubt, that He is who He says is, and that His promises can be trusted.
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