YOU CAN PASS THIS TEST-1

It is important to understand that God knows your ability, and will never allow any test to come to you beyond what he has enabled you to overcome. In the Old Testament book of Exodus, we read a very interesting scripture and receive a very tremendous revelation from it. In Exodus, the account of how that the children of Israel left Egypt, is clearly told and their journey through the wilderness and to the promise land. Then in Exodus chapter 13, and verse 17 we read,

17 “ And it came to pass that when pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the philistines, although that was near; for God said, lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt: 18 but God led the people about, through the way of the, wilderness of the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt”

At this point in time, the children of Israel were just coming out of the land of bondage, and were not yet trained for war. They had also not seen the mighty deliverance of God that can take place in a battle field. God knew all these things, and he knew that their enemies, the philistines in particular, were great fighters. And God did not want his people to turn back because of war, so he decided to avoid that route which was shorter, so that by the time they ,would have passed through a certain distance through this longer route, they would have become ready. We can clearly see that in the process of time, their numbers increased, they fought wars, they saw God deliver them in the Red Sea, when the army of Egypt came against them and they were able to withstand many Nations.

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Then faith came alive and the unexpected happened, these men put their faith to work by believing and speaking what they believed. Mortal men, who faced being burnt up by fire did not care what happened and spoke to the king what they believed, because they had tested and tried this God, He does not and cannot fail. Thus in verse 16 we read
16 "Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego, answered the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand O king.
18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou has set up".
Then as you would expect, the king was mad at them,
19 "Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego; therefore he spake and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace".

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Who or what god do you serve? The Bible says that so many people are in the valley of decision.That is just like what we have in the picture.Many are facing different directions. It is important to know only one true God-the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and His son whom He has sent.This is the true God and eternal life!