Character Development > Passed Test

This message is for those who feel like they do not hear God anymore, even though you have been praying. You're tired and you have contemplated giving up. Even giving up your belief. You've contemplated what it would be like to dismiss all integrity to obtain (insert whatever) by 'any means necessary'.

All of us have heard the adage ‘the teacher is always quiet during the test.’ Yet, the adage does not comfort you anymore, because you feel like you have failed the test – over and over. God's test is not merely for you to get the 'right' answers in this life. For we know this world was built on men and women having the right answers, but their character was trash. There is a way that seems right to man, but the end is death...(Proverbs 16:25)

“I have been watching you intensely. You believe you are a failure because all your tries did not yield the greatest amount of success – if any. I have smiled many times watching you develop character during your test. Getting the right answer is not more important than developing kingdom character. You may have gotten beat to a bloody pulp, but when it was time to get back in the ring, again, you did not hesitate. My definition of a champion is not one who has never lost, but one who continues to wrestle with their joints out of place. You are my Jacob who I renamed Israel. You may be the definition of a failure in the eyes of the world, but in my eyes you are rich in virtue. I have chosen to bankrupt you physically, emotionally, and mentally that you may be rich spiritually. The long hallway of closing doors, left and right, has been my grace helping you to stay on the narrow straight path! I allowed your peers to beat the flesh off you with the cat-o-nine tail of slander and gossip that you will walk in the spirit, learning not to fulfill the lust of the flesh. For what is the temptation of flesh, when you have none left? You had the choice to curse me, but you blessed my name even when I took all that I gave from you. You are my Job, I knew you would never, under Satan's hand, fold! In those dark hours, I carried you. I knew you would remain bold. You're my Gideon, the valiant warrior. In heaven, your name is written in gold..."

"I am taking up your test, I am not checking for right answers for no man is righteous, there is no one who is good. No. Not one. I am checking to see if you at least attempted to solve the problems - perseverance. I am proud of you because even though you once crumbled the test up, you unraveled it and kept working. Faith. I noticed the dried up tears. Love conquered every one of your fears. I noticed how many times you erased and reworked. How you forgive, turning thousands of cheeks for folks. I noticed that you never once looked on someone else's paper. Integrity. Now, you have developed the character of a true Prince/Princess of God, I AM going to call those things that be not into existence as though they were.”