Check-Ups

Have you ever thought about the need for a doctors "check-up"? Maybe you are like us and you have at least an annual visit to the doctor to make sure everything is great with your health. As you get older the need for these check-ups to become more regular is very important. Here's why: the more lifetime you log the more chance for damage, the more chance for damage the more chance for disaster. So in many ways the only reason to have regular check-ups is to avert a physical disaster.

I don't think this is any different than it is with God. I think we all need check-ups or spiritually I would call them tests. Don't be offended when you are faced with a test from the Lord. He is just trying to keep you from experiencing major disaster. No matter what you think, the major reason for tests is not trust, it is not to see if you are trustworthy. The major reason for tests is to make sure everything is working properly to avoid a major catastrophe.

I know you hate tests. But if I test for a particular type of cancer all of the time I increase my chance of catching it early enough to treat it if I ever am faced with having it. In other words tests can save lives. Tests seem like a pretty good idea if you think about it like that. But then again you already knew that. If a test means possibly saving my life sign me up.

Tests are good. Tests are everywhere.

Advice: Don't grade your test with someone else's answer key. God did not give you their standards...He gave you yours.

#2 pencils anyone?