Whenever a teacher administers a test in school, he or she never has much to say during the test. Everything is silent during the test. The teacher says nothing because the test is designed to examine what you currently know based on what the teacher has already taught you.

Once you receive a test, you might not hear much from God. He may appear to be silent. With this in mind, it would be wise for you to have a lot of conversations with Him before He administers the test!

Some people just aren’t good test takers. They have problems passing exams. In fact, they keep failing. Many of these people quit school. We have a lot of dropouts in Christianity today because people either get discouraged when they fail a test or they decide that they just don’t want to study.

If you are a dropout or a failing student, it is still better to graduate at twenty, having failed a few times, than to be fifty-five working on your G.E.D. It’s better to keep pressing forward, while doing your best, even though you may have lost some time.

“Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.”

(James 1:2-4 NLT)

In Christ,
Jonathan Anderson