This is Only a Test

“Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.] “ John 14:27 Amplified Bible




     When I was a little girl watching cartoons, suddenly on the screen a sign would come up that looked like a target. You would then hear an announcer say, “This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test, In the case of a real emergency….” I don’t remember the rest, I was just annoyed with it because it was delaying my program and there was NEVER a real emergency to begin with!
     Today, my baby, my daughter is taking one of the most important test of her life. She is taking the MCAT. I watch her wake up earlier than usual. I feel her tension and I would do anything in my power to erase it and give her ease! I want her happy, laughing, and to be her joy filled self! She has studied and prepared for months! Twelve hours a day she stays in front of a laptop, researching, learning, honing her skills from undergrad to get ready. Today I want to say, “This is just a little bump in the road, it is only a test and you are going to do great!!” I do say it, but it doesn’t reduce the pressure she is feeling.
I imagine what God must be feeling about all of this. If I love my daughter like this and feel this way, how much more so does the perfect Father? He is touched “with the feelings of our infirmities” the Bible tells us. HE GETS IT AND HE GETS US! He also said He triumphed over it all and gave to us the victory.
     God doesn’t PUT you through the tests, He brings you THROUGH the tests. We go through tests because that is just a part of this imperfect world. He brings us through an imperfect world and shields us in the process. We come out with our faith built and to a higher level IF we face it with the word and faith in Him.
     Today, my daughter MUST go through this test! The system of higher education into what she wants to do requires it. If it were me, I would go in and tell them how wonderful, compassionate, and brilliant she is! That the test is not necessary, I can vouch for what a great doctor she will be! That is it what she was born to do and the medical school she goes to is going to be very blessed to get her! If I had my way she wouldn’t have to take this test. God is that way with us, too. He knows what we are made of and are capable of. He gave those capabilities to us! Because of Adam’s sin he turned the authority of this world over to satan. This is why Jesus had to come and die to regain it and then He gave us back that authority to be used. If we don’t use it we can find ourselves stuck, so to speak, in tests and trials that could have been over long ago!
     Remember, dear reader, God can only do good! The good He is doing while we are going through something is He is causing His word to work on our behalf as we stand on it. He said not ONE word would return void but would ACCOMPLISH what He set forth for it to do! (Isaiah 55:11) That is a mighty promise, but just like any other tool you have to use it!
     My daughter will do well today. Much prayer is going before her, she has done her part to prepare, and she is standing on God’s word! Quit isn’t in my daughter! Quit is never an option for a leader and a winner!
     You, my dear reader, are a winner, too! You are in a fixed fight! The word says Jesus fought the battle for us and the fight we fight is the good fight of faith. Why is it good? Because we WIN! Go out and conquer today! This is only a test and won’t last forever. You have this!
     Thank you for taking your valuable time to read my blog. I will see you soon!