Test of faith
1 – “Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
2 – And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 – They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 – But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 – While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
6 – And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
7 – Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 – And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 – But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 – And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
11 – Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 – But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
13 – Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.” (Mathew chapter 25 verses 1 to 13)
Anytime you have an opportunity to handle any responsibility, know it that your faith is put to test at that very moment
Ten persons were called to put into the test of fulfilling destiny. It is not not just effort that one is called, there is more to an individual’s call that demands the driving forces of faith to see your destiny to fulfillment. It is an individual’s responsibility to fan his or her faith to start producing. For the fact that one’s faith is not producing does not mean he or she does not have faith. Everyone has a measure of faith. Some persons faith produce more than that of others.
“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” (Romans chapter 12 verses 3)
Anytime you have an opportunity to handle any responsibility, know it that your faith is put to test at that very moment. In one way or the other, at each breaking of the day, our faith is put to test. There is need to understand that your faith is put to test and you need to deliver.
In the faith text, there is a column for those who will passed and another column for those who failed.
Success in life is success in one’s test of faith. When you see people who encountered failure in the process to fulfill destiny and succumbed to that failure, are those who failed the faith test. People who fail the faith test are mostly those who become victims and accept defeat in life. No one who has passed the faith test will not be significant.
The faith test is for everyone but it is not everyone that pass it. In the faith text, there is a column for those who will passed and another column for those who failed. It is an individual’s choice that will decide the column where he or she will fall into. No individual will stay in between. If an individual is not found in the column of success, he or she will be found in the column of failures.
Do not forget that those who are down will always want to draw those who are standing so that they can pull them down
Five of them were so responsible to know what they ought to do. I can tell you they were also talking to others to sit up but that did not make sense to them. Every word of encouragement to stir up the right mentality in others was no avail. Everyone needs to be careful because the “it does not matter” can be the matter arising at last.
No one can live by another person faith. You can understand it better when the foolish virgins were asking for oil for their lamp and the wise virgins refused to yield to their request. Do not forget that those who are down will always want to draw those who are standing so that they can pull them down. This is the thought in the mind of the wise virgins when they turned down the request of the foolish virgins.
Conclusion:
It is wise to realise that the race to live destiny and to fulfill purpose is anindividual’s responsibility. You have to make up your mind that you are going to finished strong irrespective of whatever distraction you are facing or you are going to face.
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