The Obedience Test.

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The first test I will show you, and this one was very severe, is what I call the obedience test. This specific test was given to Abraham way back in the beginning of the Bible in the Book of Genesis.

Most of you have heard of this test. God asked Abraham to actually put his son Isaac on an altar and and then asked him to take a knife and kill his own son. As we all know, Abraham went as far as actually tying his son down to the altar and had the knife in his hand ready to strike down on him to take his life, when all of a sudden God sends an angel down to stop him right in the nick of time.

How many of us could actually pass such an extreme test today, especially in the type of world we now live in where you would be immediately prosecuted if you even tried to do such a thing, I personally do not think God would ever do this type of test in our current day and age due to the extreme dangers of it.

But the point to get is that God may actually arrange for a test to occur to test your actual allegiance and obedience to Him.

We have another article in our site titled "Obedience to the Lord." In this article, we give you all of the main verses from the Bible showing you the extreme importance that we fully obey every order and every directive that we receive from the Lord in this life. If we cannot be fully obedient to the specific commands and leadings of the Holy Spirit, then God will not be able to use us in the actual callings that He already has set up for our lives.

In the kind of world we now live in, this test will actually be hard for many to pass. The reason being is due to all of the material and lustful things that are out there competing for our time and attention. These material things will cause our flesh to want to try and act up and once our flesh has been riled up, it will do everything it can to try and get its own way, even if it means disobeying God Himself.

That is why God will test you in this specific area - to see if you will have the strength and character in your personality to be able to override the desires of your flesh and ego, and be willing to obey God over all of your wants and desires for these material and lustful objects.

God will know where your jugular vein and weak spots will be on these kinds of tests, and He will probably arrange for these types of tests to target some of your weak and vulnerable spots, just like He did with Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his one and own only son at the time that this test was being set up.

God may ask you to give something or someone up. He may ask you to give up the job you are currently working at, or the girl or guy you are currently dating, as that person may not be the one that He has personally picked out to be your mate in this life.

But whatever God may be asking you to do for Him, realize that this is an obedience test being sent your way and that you must fully obey the Lord with whatever He will be asking you to do for Him. If you do not obey His specific directive and you choose to follow your own desires and your own wants on these kinds of issues, then God will not be able to use you in the specific calling that He has set up for your life.

If you can't or won't obey Him with this specific command, then God will question and doubt your ability to fully obey Him further on down the road with anything else that He may be asking you to do for Him.

Bottom line - God is our Shepherd and we as His sheep are to fully follow Him and only Him in this life and every single directive and command that He will be giving us along the way. The Bible tells us that we are to be led by the Holy Spirit in this life - not by our own wants and our own desires.

This test right here will determine who gets promoted into their true callings in the Lord and who does not. Abraham passed his test and you saw what happened to him as a result. He became the father of many nations and his bloodline was used as the bloodline that brought our Savior Jesus Christ into our world so He could go to the cross and save all of us from the sinful state in which we were all born into this world with.

Here is the verse that will tell you what the ramifications were as a result of Abraham perfectly obeying the voice of God on being willing to sacrifice his son Isaac:

"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have OBEYED My voice." (Genesis 22:18)

If you want to enter into your true calling in the Lord, then get it settled right now in your mind and in your heart that you will fully obey the Lord with every specific thing that He will be asking you to do for Him in this life. If you can agree to do things God's way rather than your own way in this life, then you will be promoted into God's best for your life and you can then proceed to leave your mark in this world in the specific calling that He will be setting up for your life.