Purpose Driven Life: Day Five

"God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out" 1 Corinthians 10:13 (TEV)
Day Five of Purpose driven life blessed my soul. The point to ponder is Life is a test and a trust.  
What stood out the most about life being a test was that despite the numerous tests we may endure God has given us everything we need to pass the tests. No matter how painful the tests may seem at the time we can TRUST that through our faith in God we have the strength to endure. Wow. That mean we do not need to do any but rely on God! That should take weight off of us when we are worrying about if we are going to make it.  The answer is already YES!  He is just watch to see how you respond during the process.  Learning to dance in the rain truly does produce joy in the sunshine!
Life is a trust spoke personally to me because I trully believe to whom much is given much is required.  We much learn to careful over a little before God can entrust more to us.  It reminds me of when I was little and my parents bought me a camera.  I wanted a fancy camera that did all the nice cool functions so I was disappointed when I got a simple plain jane camera.  Look at the test there. God was watching me for gratitude but here I was being disappointed. The real lesson was that my parents sat me down to explain that as much as they desired to purchase the fancy camera I needed to demonstrate to them my ability to take care of the simple inexpensive camera before they entrusted me with the fancy one.  The fancy camera came with greater responsibility. God handles the gifts that he entrusts to us the same way desiring us to be good stewards. The lesson shows the more God gives, the more responsible he expects us to be.
As we change how we view life we can begin to become more fullfilled.
Points to ponder: Life is a test and a trust. 
Verse to Remember: "Unless you are faithful in small matters, you won't be faithful in large ones."  Luke 16:10a (NLT)
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