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Dion Todd April 1, 2015 -
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And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that He might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. Deut. 8:2 ESV
It was a hot day in the summer and I was helping an elder at our church fix the roof on his house. At noon, we went to the hardware store for more supplies and a neighbor's boy about 4 years old rode along with us. While we gathered what we needed, the boy imitated us and picked up a tiny pack of nails without us noticing. We paid the bill and drove back to the house, not knowing that the little boy had walked out with his own pack of nails.
When we arrived at the house, the elder saw that small pack of nails the boy had in his hand and in a near panic said, We didnt pay for those!, so we jumped back in the truck and drove the five miles back to the hardware store to return that fifty cent pack of nails. It was not the nails that worried him, it was that he was being tested and he would not trade his character for a fifty cent pack of nails.
God will use little tests like this to prove character or faithfulness. Often in life you will be tested to see what you are really made of. Do not trade your integrity for a shortcut. Turn the test into a testimony and dont fall for it. Who you are when no one is looking, is who you really are.