TOPIC: THE REASON FOR THE TEST
TEXT: 1 PETER 1:7: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Brethren, today I want you to know that test causes death strengths and weaknesses to surface in us. The refiner is fire in Mal 3:3, is not associated only with the negative qualities God wants to remove. That is just part of it. Note that you also have inner strengths and gifts you are not yet aware of, because no demand has ever been placed on them. In 1kings 17, when the widow met Elijah, both were in the middle of a famine. Yet he asked her for the last meal. You may be thinking that why Elijah did that or is he not aware that that was her last meal? But the best day of her life came when someone like Elijah placed a demand on her faith and her response changes her future, blessed her family and made her famous.
So, brethren, when you are faced with a need how do you respond to it? Do you withdraw or withhold? Or give only out of obligation? Or for you see it as an opportunity to change your future (2 Cor 9:6-11) note that you can actually give your way out of trouble. Before God sent Moses to Pharaoh, He told him that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him” (Ex3:19). Sometimes God permits the enemy to come against you, to demonstrate (1) that He’s strong on your behalf (ii) to reveal how you will perform under pressure (iii) to find out who you will believe when God says. I will bring you out with a mighty hand ‘while the enemy says, I won’t let you go. Brethren, that’s what this test is all about.
Prayer Points
Oh Lord, I pray for the grace to stand firm no matter the test in the name of Jesus Christ.
I need a good response that will change every situation around me like the widow responded to Prophet Elijah in the name of Jesus Christ.
My father, my father any Pharaoh of problem in my life that refuse to let me go, destroy it by fire in the name of Jesus Christ.
Prophetic Declaration
I decree and declare that the reason for the test in life will give me a new face in the name of Jesus Christ.
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