Have You Passed The Test?

Psalm 66:8-12
For You, O God, have tested us;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
You have caused men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water; 
But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.


OK-you're having a BAD day, maybe even a BAD year.  Your wife or husband left you, your horse ran away, your dog is missing, and you're about to lose the farm to greedy land barons...  WAIT A MINUTE-that was either a country music song, or the Hallmark movie from last night!...;-)


But seriously-maybe you are going through something today that seems hopeless.  You may not see any end in sight, nor are you praising The Lord in every situation.


WELL-I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS FOR YOU!!!!!


God's promises are true!  I and many brothers & sisters in Christ have experienced the deliverance of The Lord many times over.  I've seen people released from bondage, people healed, needs met, and IMPOSSIBLE things made possible all of a sudden.


NOTHING is impossible with God!  Even when you think He is late, He is still on time!


God allows us to go through these trials to be refined, as the scripture above says.  The heat gets turned up, and all the dross, the imperfections rise to the surface where God skims off all the junk.  Once God sees Himself in the silver (us), He knows it's time to allow our trial to be over.  He never removes us FROM it, he takes us THROUGH it!  


The last verse in the scripture section above states that "But You brought us out to rich fulfillment."  How awesome is it that God loves us so much that He waits until just the right time so we are brought through a trial to rich fulfillment!  The King James version states that "He broughtest us out into a WEALTHY place.." Wealthy here, is the Greek word "R VAYAH", which means "satisfaction", or "running over", or "wealthy".  It may also mean to "satisfy the thirst of", or "soak". He doesn't bring us through a trial and have us start over-He allows us to be FULFILLED so we can learn from it. We will be running over and satisfied when our trials are over!  He allows us to be "fulfilled" so we can testify to others about how great our God truly is!


Are you trusting God to take you through your trials & tribulations?  That's NOT going to work. You won't be able to be brought out into rich fulfillment unless you TRUST IN THE LORD to do it for you.


If you're going through a trial-release it to Jesus Christ.  Let Him take you by the hand, walk you through the trial into a place of rich fulfillment!


Now I'm all excited-can somebody PLEASE shout AMEN???


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