LESSONS FROM GOD

   It is one thing to say that you believe in God, but how do you demonstrate your faith in God?
   It is one thing to study and learn the writings from the Holy Bible, but how do you demonstrate your biblical knowledge in your personal life as well as to help transmit this knowledge to others?
   Do others see God in you?
   Have you ever met a person that reminds you of Jesus? 
   Do others see enough of Jesus in you that would influence them to want to become a Christian?
   How do you treat others in your daily life---at home, at work, when you are on coffee break, or when you participate in sports?
   How do you treat your family members, or your children, or your parents? 
   What is your attitude about your brother-in-law or your mother's uncle?
   How do you repond to people when they are not nice to you?
   When you pray, what do you pray for?  And do you believe that God will answer your prayers?
   But what if God does not answer your prayers?  Or what if God does not answer your prayers with the answer that you anticipated?  Will you be angry with God for not answering your prayers the way you believe He should answer?
   What is God trying to teach you?  What is the lesson God is trying to get you to see and to understand? 
   Do you expect God to change the hearts and minds of others but not change you?
   Perhaps the prayers you pray for others are the prayers you need for yourself. 
   Perhaps as God is answering your prayers for others, He is also exercising a change in you.
   Are you prepared for a change within yourself?
   These questions I ask today are not only for you, but they are also for me. 
   If I am not willing to undergo a change from God, why should I expect God to help another person change?
   God gives us lessons every day.  How are we doing with our assignments?