Passing the Test

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Hear a just cause, O Lord, attend to my cry; give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips. Let my vindication come from Your presence; let Your eyes look on things that are upright. You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. -Psalms 17:1-3

I love the realness of the psalms. The range of human emotions. Love, hate, joy, sorrow, fear, agony, anger is portrayed in this book, and we see shouting and dancing as well.
Thee most powerful psalms come out of people's most intense times. King David wrote approximately 75 of the 150 psalms, and he always prayed with heartfelt emotion and intensity.
If we are familiar with the life of David, we know the struggles he experienced. As we see in David's example, when a person goes through the fire and comes out on the other side, this individual has great wisdom to share and greater passion for God's truth.
David declared that God had tested his heart. When gold is tested, the heat causes dross, the impurities, to rise to the surface. God took David through the fire of purification just as He does each of us. Fire purifies gold, and going through trails purifies, or refines, our character. The entire Christian life is about having our character conformed to the image of Jesus. We will either be transformed in the fire, or we will remove ourselves from God.
Trust in the One whose hand is on the thermostat and who is working in your life to make you into the person He created you to be.

Prayer : Father, when You bring tests into my life, please help me to pass them. I know You are working all things for my good. I love You. Amen.

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