Test? This Makes No Sense?

THE TEST: MAKES NO SENSE TO ME? …

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

LORD, I BELIEVE… I HUMBLY COME BEFORE YOUR THRONE, BUT I ALSO COME BOLDLY BEFORE YOU TO THE HOLY PLACE. LIFE MAKES NO SENSE TO ME? THIS TEST I AM FACING MAKES NO SENSE TO ME?

Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

THE FIRST DAY YOU PRAYED YOU TOUCHED THE HEART OF A MIGHTY GOD. DANIEL WAS A GREAT MAN OF PRAYER. DANIEL FAITHFULLY PRAYED 3 TIMES A DAY AND TRUSTED HIS GOD. THERE WAS A TEST QUESTION THAT DANIEL HAD TO LEARN… WE KNOW DANIEL AS A MAN THAT PASSED THE TEST. BUT WHEN DANIEL WAS WALKING IN THE SEASON OF TESTING, HIS TEST DID NOT ALWAYS MAKE SENSE TO HIM?

Daniel trusted GOD IN ALL HIS LIFE. GOD CAN HELP DURING THE TEST SEASONS. Daniel had to learn to trust God even when it did not make sense to him. Daniel asked the King’s servant, we do not want the wine and diet system of the King’s table. 4 young men asked to be exempt. This test never made sense to the Kings standards? Their request would have to pass the test. 10 days? The test would be a 10 day trial period.

Daniel 1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

Today seems many teach we are exempt from the test. What do we do when the going gets tough? WE WILL FACE MANY TOUGH TIMES. Often it is said when the going gets tough, the tough gets going. This is not the modern day norm. The modern day norm might be LET US QUIT.

We are like water: WE TAKE THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE. Que sera? Sera? We make little plans? Little preparations? Exert little effort? We tend to produce little fruit? With little accountability? We make offerings of EXCUSES? We refuse to be corrected? How can we be corrected if we are never wrong? And thus lose sight of the goals before us? Why doesn’t God explain himself to me?

Daniel 1:17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

THE TEST, HE PASSED THE TEST! THERE IS ANOTHER TEST: HOW MANY PEOPLE FORGET THOSE PEOPLE THAT HELPED THEM TO ACHIEVE? DANIEL STOOD BY HIS FRIENDS! THEY STOOD TOGTHER! DANIEL REMEMBERED!

Daniel 2:48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

WE WANT TROPHIES WITHOUT A CHALLENGE? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A TEAM LOSE EVERY GAME AND THE PLAYERS THAT NEVER CAME TO PRACTICE WIN A BIG TROPHY? NO TESTING CHEAPENS THE MEANING OF THE GAME! YOU MUST REALIZE GOD’S BEST WORK MAKES NO SENSE TO THE FEELINGS AND THE EYES.

There will be more than one test! Seems like each test gets harder and harder. Daniel and his three friends understood… the PROMOTION COMES AFTER YOU PASS THE TEST? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

Daniel 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

DO WE RECOGNIZE THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF BEING TESTED? THE TEST, HOW HOT IS THE FIRE? 7 TIMES HOTTER THAN EVER? THERE IS A TEST QUESTION, YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL THROWING PEOPLE INTO THE FIRE?

Seems there are some that love the CIRCUS and love to throw others in the fire? Could this be a test? Be careful about throwing others into the fire.

Daniel 3:22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

YOU MUST PASS THE TEST THEN: PROMOTION COMES AFTER THE TEST?