Gen
22:1 ‘Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and
said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."’ NKJV
Growing up, one of my greatest
shocks occurred in primary one when our class teacher came in one day and
announced a test, gave it to us straight away and during all the writing
time he did not say a word no matter how much we wanted him to help us.
Disappointed, I came home to ask my mom and this is what she said “ I
want you to know son, that during a test, the teacher is always silent”
this statement stock deep in my brain and since then, I have never expected a
teacher to help me when I am taking a test or exams.
We had test and exams in
school but life itself is a school and sometimes we go through an excruciating
test, nothing seems to be working, that it looks like the whole world is
against you, that you think your life is a mess. That you think everything is
at a standstill, that you begin to consider death over life because you think
that there is nothing to live for. And above all these, it seems as if God is
completely silent. That could mean that you are going through a test, and let
me give you some characteristics of a test.
1)
During a test, the teacher is always silent,
God tested Abraham in
Genesis 22:1-19. To give his only son as a burnt offering to Him at the land of
Moriah in a mountain which He (God) shall show him (Abraham) but from the time
he left that morning till when he took off his knife to sacrifice the child,
the Bible did not say where God spoke again to Abraham, he had to use his
spiritual antenna to locate where the mountain was. I don’t know about you but
there are times in my life that I will wake up and say ‘God did I hear you
well? What is going on? In fact where are you oh God?’ and He will just be
silent. When God is silent, it does not mean that He has abandoned us, but He
allows us to go through the test for a reason and He wants us to use the
material He gave us during the lessons to answer the test. Halleluiah!
2)
A just teacher, will never give a test out of the
thought syllabuses
I don’t know what kind of test,
trial or temptation you are going through right now, but the Bible says He will
never allow us to go through what we cannot bear (1corithian 10:13). When you
are saying “God where are you, what can I do here?” He is saying “remember
what I thought you in class” God is a just teacher and he will never give
us a test or allow a temptation that we cannot handle.
3)
After every test, there is a promotion
Job said
“…after he must have tested me I shall come out as Gold’ Job 23:10. And he did, his latter end was
greater than his beginning. Abraham got a promotion after his test on his son
Isaac (Gen. 22:15-18). David got his promotion after he passed the test over
Goliath. Those who go to school know that there is no promotion without a test
and if you really want a promotion to the next level of your life, then accept
the test and go through it. When God wants to promote a person, He looks for a
Goliath and sends to him.
But in all these, one
of the most redemptive and relieving thing about God’s test is that when God
sets a test, he allows you to use your book in the test room, that means you
can open your book, His test is always an open book test. Halleluiah! And
guess what? All the answers are in the book (Bible). God is the best examiner,
he gives a test and then the answer is right there, look at this; Deut 30:19 “I
call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing;
therefore choose life, that both you and your
descendants may live;” permit me put
the question in black then the answer in red. Amazing isn’t? Setting an exam of
multiple choice and telling you which answer to choose, only God can do that!
I don’t know about
you, but I have decided to stay in the class room (stay focused) and take my
test irrespective of what is happening because I need a promotion.
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