Will You Pass are Fail?
Author: Pastor Pat Aman
2\/14\/2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.\u201d -Hebrews 11:1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Hebrews 11, we see the words confidence, hope, and assurance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday a week ago I put all three of these words totally in God’s hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been losing weight lately. Not trying, but just staying busy and on the run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, my engagement ring and wedding band have become loose on my finger. I actually woke up a few weeks ago and started to make the bed and my engagement ring was laying by my pillow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But that Monday I got up and dressed and when I set down to put my shoes on, I saw my engagement ring was not on my hand. I went to the bedroom and removed every sheet, blanket, and spread, so sure that is where my ring would be located. But, I did not find it. I searched on the floor. Walked around every room I had been in, but no ring was to be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I went and set at my desk and started praying. All of a sudden I said, “God, yes the ring is important to me, but it is just a material thing. Joe and I have been married 41 years at that time and with a engagement ring, or without a ring we are still happily married.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want me to find the ring, I have the confidence, hope, and assurance, in You that I will find it. But, it you feel that I do not need the ring for some reason, Your will be done.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afterwards I decided I needed to run a few errands, so I put my shoes on, grabbed my purse and went and got in the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had not even thought about the ring anymore. See, the ring was not important. It was just a material item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I truly was surprised at how I was not even consumed, concerned or thought about it totally at all. I was at peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, I got in the car and as I was putting my seatbelt on I saw my engagement ring laying in the middle of the passengers seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I then remembered that Joe and I had gone out to eat the night before and maybe when I unfasten my seatbelt to get out of the car, it came off my finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The amazing thing is it was lying in the middle of the seat and did not fall between the seats as I unfasten my seatbelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I picked it up and thanked God that He allowed me to find it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, as clear as anyone talking to me I heard a voice say, “Pat, my daughter, you showed me that your love for your husband and your love and faith in Me, was more important than a material item, like your engagement ring. My daughter it shows me that I am first in your life. And I am pleased.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friends, I just cried. Not over finding the ring, that was just an extra bonus. But, I had passed the test my teacher Father God had allowed me to take.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remember, what consumes you, controls you. It can put you in chains of bondage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I asked you today. What mark will you make on the test you maybe going through?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will you pass or failed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you are going through something hard and wonder where God is\u2026Remember the teacher is always always quite during the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes when you wonder why you can\u2019t hear God\u2019s voice during your trials, remember the teacher is always quiet during the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BUT, the teacher never leaves the room. The teacher is constantly walking around the room protecting their students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blessings, Love and Prayers,
Pastor Pat Aman
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Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book \u00a9 1996\/2022 \u201cCoffee With Pat Daily Devotionals\u201d \u201cCoffee With A Little Spice Of Life\u201d and Westbow Press a division of \u00a9 Thomas Nelson and Library of Congress Control Number: 2018910976\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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