Monday, November 24, 2014

How to Successfully respond to Failing a Test. It's all about patience and doubtlessness.

"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the seas driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double minded man, unstable in all his ways." James 1:2-8

How we respond to test failures is often times, more important than succeeding. Our responses indicate what we believe, and who we believe in. Not complicated but life changing.

Fail the bar exam? Fail to test into your favorite college? Fail to pass the driver's test? How are believers to respond? Remember God, who fails not. Remember God, who cannot lie. Remember who God is, and who you are. You are called according to His purpose, to be right where you are!!! Tests, test faith first then other things. God is our Tester. We are His Requester.

Deny, destroy and cancel all DOUBT. Doubt makes us double-minded, worthless, unwise and confused. Doubt is designed and sent, by the Devil to weaken, confuse, rob, steal and destroy. Doubt destroys trust. Doubt is no part of faith. Doubt is never from God. Doubt is not in God. Doubtless trust in the face of failure produces PATIENCE, not otherwise earned or possessed. God alone, knows what the future holds. We know the future is coming. We can't know what the future holds, but we KNOW who holds the future and we are a part of His future, coming plans. Patience is required in order to meet tomorrow. Live without a doubt. Build faith.

Never confuse DOUBT with DISCERNMENT. Doubt brings worthless questions. Discernment discovers Godly questioning. God invented questions. He asks over 44 questions in the book of Proverbs. God's questions lead to wisdom, knowledge and discovery. Satan's questions grow doubt designed to detour learning. Choose to grow in discernment by knowing God's word and prayerfully asking God to inform and form Your questions. Then DILIGENTLY do your homework with the highest form of excellence and effort. You will build patience and doubtlessness, UNDOUBTEDLY!!!

Respond to failure, knowing that God is in charge. All is in His fail-proof, hands, not yours. All things are Father-filtered. Absolutely all that touches the believer is God-allowed and part of a future plan you may never see. Doubtless faith in a God who cannot fail, produces for us, eternal treasure we can not now know. This is what I believe.

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28

"It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in man." Psalm 118:8 which is the very center verse of the Bible, followed by: "It is better to trust in the LORD Than to put confidence in princes." Psalm 118:9

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