God's Test for Man

God has established a test for man/woman. This test has been put in place by God to determine if the man will obey his God or not. The test itself is very simple, but the sad truth is most men do not even know that the test exists, or if they do many are not willing to take it and the ones that do mostly fail. The test is easy, the taking of the test is not. This test is found in
Exodus 15:25-26. (read this before you go on).

The test is all about choices. God will observe the choices a man makes. How the man does on the test is strictly up to him (the man not God). This test is all about TRUST. Who is the man going to trust with his life? Himself or God? The choice is between man's way or God's way.

The questions for the test have been established by God. The first question is, " Will you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God, or more easily said, when you stand before an issue of life, a trouble spot along your journey through life, will you look to Me (God) by looking at My Word first with all your heart for your answer, or will you look to yourself and the world you live in and obtain your answer from them?" God will observe you in the time of crisis. Who do you seek first? Who do you diligently run to first? To pass God's test you must choose Him first!

The second question is, "if you do the first question right and diligently seek God first, then number two is, will you go and do what He (God) says or will you choose another way?" God's way may look hard and unexplainable but that's only because it is unfamiliar. The world's way may make sense and be very explainable only because that is the familiar way. The test is, "will you go and do what God has said", for if you do this will be right in God's sight and very pleasing to Him, for God will see your heart, that you are truly trusting Him with your life and because you have chosen God over yourself He will reward you (Heb 11:6) by pouring out blessings upon you which in turn will be the direct response to the issue that stands before you.

In this particular verse in Ex 15:26, God's reward to the ones who pass the test is, " I am the Lord your God Who heals you". God Himself becomes your Healer because you passed His test. This is His promise to you, "I am whatever you need Me to be, if I have declared it in My Word, then I will watch over it and do it in your life because you have passed My (faith) test.

Now there is one more thing you must know about this test. God requires you to take the test more than once, and you'll have to pass it each time to receive His reward for your accomplishment. Each new issue of life comes with it's own test, but I will say this, it gets easier to pass every time you take it because your confidence and trust in God keeps growing. God keeps getting bigger in your sight and the issues of life keep getting smaller.

God wants you to pass His test. He has made it easy for us because He has made it an open book test, but the choice to open the book and look at it to find God's way out of the situation that stands before us is yours and mine. Then our next choice after we find out what God says about it is, "Will we do it? If we will, then God says, "He will".

That's the test in a nut shell. Are you willing to take the test? Are you willing to pass the test? Maybe this will encourage you from God's word in 2 Chronicles 16:9, "for the eyes of the Lord search back and forth across the whole earth looking for people whose hearts are loyal (seek Him first) toward Him, so that (here comes the reward) He can show His great power in helping them". Such a great promise from our God.

If you've never taken this test than do it. If you've taken this test and failed, take it again, as many times as it takes, pass it, and receive God's reward for doing it His way. Once you've passed this test, keep on taking it and pass it each time knowing that God is faithful to His Word and He will never let you down when you do it His way, that His promise to you.

Now go and read James 1:25 for a confirming word in what you have just read.

Be Blessed!!!