To Test

or Not to Test

 

 

Somewhere in time, this week, I was reading the Bible, when the words the “perfect will of God” took me back in time. I went to Bible Collage when I was younger.  One thing the students had in common is they were excited about pursuing the will of God. The problem was I really don’t think they understood what that was. They flitted from one thing to another always looking for God’s will.

I would love to tell you I wasn’t like that, but I kind of was.  I sometimes still have those feelings, but at least now, I don’t act on them.

This week, I was contemplating God’s will for me with a test I signed up to take. This is the second one the company I work for recommended I take and of course if I don’t pass it, I have to pay for it. 

I haven’t really been able to study because I have been working too much overtime. I also have a book out on Amazon for sale.  Even though I reviewed this book several times, when I reviewed my hard copy, I found errors. So I want to go through it again and make corrections.

I started thinking, maybe this test wasn’t God’s will – but really I was looking for a good reason to back out of this test. 

I thought to myself, my books do more for the kingdom of God than this test ever will, maybe I should back out.  The flip side of course is my company already bought my study materials, so if I backed out, they may not be too happy with me. 

I was torn. 

I think sometimes as Christians, we go looking for the will of God.  We assume just because things are uncomfortable for a while, we must be out of his will.  Me personally, I seem to think there is movement when I’m in God’s will, not stillness. To me focusing on this test was stillness.

Romans 12 King James Version (KJV)

12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

I had to realize that God’s will, doesn’t always involved fireworks and action, sometimes it’s just doing what you said you would do and being an honorable person. 

So ridicules test, here I come.

 

 

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