The Test of a Lifetime
Tests … Why do we need tests in life anyway? I imagine everyone has had to take them. When you look back over your life at tests you’ve taken, you studied and when you sat down and prepared to start …. were you calm, cool and collected … or were you a frantic mess? Tests can affirm what we’ve learned, or tests can confirm we haven’t learned a thing. Tests produce a moment of soberness where we will find out what we really know. Without them we would not know what we know.
Even our jobs each day are a test that we either pass or fail. If we excel in our jobs, we will be promoted. If we don’t, we may, well, be looking for new employment. What about spiritually? Our lives are filled with moments of decision. Spiritually we face tests every day. Some are small tests we know are coming, but others are like a pop quiz and are sprung on us without notice.
Join us this week as we look at the journey of faith of Abraham. Abraham will face the ultimate spiritual test in his life. This test is filled with contradictions: theological, biblical, emotional, relational and spiritual. This is the mother of all final exams. Let’s open the Bible together to understand the purpose of this test of a lifetime.

Elder Charles Mayhew