Posts tagged Marriage
You Can Pass The Test
Aug 16th
A test is a medium of promotion. Different people have different problems. Different people go through different test. I don’t know the kind of test you may be going through. But I have a mandate to declare to you that you can pass the test. No matter the nature of your test. You may be going through a test in your marriage, job, finance, health, family, faith, children, school, carrier, relationship, etc. I don’t really know which area of your life is going through a test. But the Bible says that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us.
God is our architect. An architect designs buildings. There is no good builder who starts building by just digging the foundation of a house. No! He must first of all engage an architect, who draws the building. It is the architect who designs and dictates how much load the structure can possibly carry, more especially if it is a high rise building.
Before we were ever born, God already knew the kind of test that we will be subjected to. He says in Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee”. In another place He said, “For whom He did foreknew He also predestinate”(Romans 8:29). So God already knew every test, wall, obstacle, opposition, challenge, stumbling block that we will ever encounter before we were born. As a result of this He designed, endowed and packaged us with all the necessary potentials we will need for every test we will ever encounter before we were born. God knows our capability. He knows how much pain we can bear. He knows how far we can be stretched. He knows our elastic limits. He knows that if we are stretched beyond our limit, we will snap. The Bible says in 1Corinthians 10:13 “But God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; But will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it”.
Whatever the test you are going through, God sent me to tell you that you can pass the test. You can survive the sickness. You can come out of debt. You can still be married. You can have a good job. You can still have children. You can be blessed. You can succeed. You can make it. You can begin again. Whatever you are going through is just a test, and you can pass the test. You’ve been designed, manufactured, packaged to pass any kind of test that you will ever encounter in life. YOU can pass the test.
When I first started typing this article, immediately I finished somebody’s leg touch the computer socket and the system went off. I didn’t know what actually happened but I lost everything I had typed. So I had to start all over again. Mid way to what I was typing, the cursor refused to move. So the system had to be restarted. Again, I lost everything the second time. I had to start all over again for the third time. I said that the devil is a liar! I must send these words across. I don’t know who needs it. And the devil knows that God wants to address somebody, so he was fighting to stop me from sending this article. But I made up my mind to send it anyway. The devil is a looser! And he has lost the battle forever. I can feel God encouraging and strengthening somebody through this article. That condition you are in will not destroy you. You are coming out of it. The devil can’t stop you. Remember, there is no mountain that you can’t climb. There is no river you can’t cross and no storm you can’t weather. You can pass the test! A test is just a medium for promotion.
Taking Responsibilities
Aug 15th
We were participating in a sparring exercise during a Tae Kwan Do class when my good friend Nat got a nasty toe injury. The guy whom he was sparring with was quick to apologize and helped him up right away.
Despite his injury, Nat assured the guy that his apology wasn’t at all necessary since these things are only natural in a fight and that it was his own choice to participate in such activities. It was a plain and simple statement, yet certainly an honorable one.
After all, we were quite old compared to most of our sparring partners. We expected to take a lot of hits and kicks since this was after all part of the sport. Besides, those who are hesitant to get themselves hurt should know well enough to steer clear of such activities.
Things are just like that in everyday life. I call the shots and make my own decisions. I decide to earn a living and what kind of work I would like to do. It is my decision to stay single or commit myself to someone in a relationship or marriage.
When I got myself into a car accident it was clear to me that I am responsible for it since I didn’t have my full attention on the road during that time. The vehicle after all, was fully under my control.
We all need to take responsibility with regards to how we live our lives. It may be true that all the bad things you come across in life isn’t necessarily your fault but there is no denying the fact that it was the decisions you made that put you in that position. It is something that not all people can simply take down and accept. It is far easier to blame it on something or someone else after all and it is not easy to have this sense of responsibility for every step you take in life.
Now I am not saying that others are completely blameless for the things that may have happened to you, but it is far better to just accept what has already transpired and focus on how to deal with it.
Everyone has had their share of difficult times. It is not important to make it a point to cast blame on anybody since it does not really achieve anything. In the end, it is up to you to take in how the things went down and cope with it the best way that you can. You cannot change what has already transpired; the only real question is what are you going to do about it? The fault may not be yours to begin with but where your life goes after that is still your responsibility.
Making wishes won’t help either. It will only breed more frustration making it all the more harder to move on. Think about the things that you still have and make the best out of it instead of wishing what you don’t have. Difficult situations can breed character and whatever situation you are into, it was still your decisions that put you there so you are still very much responsible for it. Everyone has their own limits, it is better to accept those limitations than to argue with them.
