Wednesday Walk - The Every Day Test

Tests. Who likes them? I know many who do, actually, but I do not. Tests make me anxious. Make me feel I'm not in control unless I know that I know that I KNOW the correct answers. 

When we walk in faith, we are tested EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. 

Tested by God Himself and the enemy. 

We have to KNOW our God and grow in that relationship to pass this test with flying colors. 

Some of us have a hard time with that. Some of us struggle day to day just to get by. Just getting through one 24 hour period to the next is tough for some people. I have had those days, but I've noticed a slow change within me. One that I have needed my whole life.

I am truly walking in faith. Every step I take when my feet hit the floor in the morning until I crawl back into bed at night, I am learning to trust with my whole heart. Trust that this is God's plan and his path for me. Its not my own. When you can really embrace that, you will see a transformation within yourself. 

For me, its been slow... I'm not going to sugarcoat the process. Its not instant for everyone. Especially since the enemy is very real. he thrives off of our inconsistency. Heck, he CREATES it. Draws our thought process from positivity and God driven, to that of worry and helplessness. Making us feel unworthy of all that God has already intended for us to have. All that He wants to give us. 

Paul's Prayer for Spiritual Growth in Ephesians 3 has helped enlighten me. I SHOULD be reading it every day for the extra boost of daily confidence (new year resolution list #537)... It says:

When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God's love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.