We will pass the test

I was taking a pretty difficult certification test years ago and there was a young lady sitting beside me that her job depended on her passing the test she was taking. I was grateful that my job wasn't dependent on my passing but I certainly felt for her. I prayed before we started, including that GOD would give this young lady a peace and help her recall what she had studied. The administrator gave us the go ahead, and as this young lady opened her examination, she sighed, "Uh". And, every page she turned, she had the same reaction. I don't know if she passed or not but she was having a difficult time with the test.

Have you ever had to take a difficult test? Well, for me, most tests are difficult. But, have you ever had to go through something, really been tested? How did you do?

Today's word is Proverbs 17:3, NLT, which reads, "Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the LORD tests the heart."

In order to get impurities out of silver and gold, you have to put it to the test. Testing required to purify silver and gold is fire. You bring these two precious metals to their melting points, which separates the impurities from them. The impurities will usually be lighter than these metals and in order to remove them, you scrap them off, thereby purifying the silver and gold.

To make use pure, to make sure we are pure, GOD uses a different approach but the same principle. In order to get the impurities out of us, GOD will test our hearts, where the impurities truly lie. Luke 6:45 tells us that from our heart, our mouth speaks. So, the impurities are within the heart, and that is what GOD will test. In order to ensure that He removes all impurities, GOD may put us to the test. We can be sure, though, that if we seek and do His will, we will pass the test.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T