Pass The Test

A couple weeks ago while I was at work on a Friday, 2 of my coworkers got ill and didn't come into the office. Half way into the day, my boss also go ill and left for the day. Shortly after that, my graduate assistant left for the day. So here I was, in the office all by myself with half the day to go.

At that moment, I had a choice. I could leave work early and give myself a paid half day off, I could decide to stop doing my work and spend the rest of the day watching Netflix movies (I have a lot in my queue waiting for me to watch). Either way, no one would know. If I closed the office, there is no one to say "hey you shouldn't do that". If I watched movies there was no one here to say I can't do that and I have to get back to my work. I could have gotten away with those actions scott free. But God would know...

I am a Christian and though I am not perfect, I try to live my life as close to the Bible as possible and when I mess up I pick my self up and try again. See the blessing of the job was not something that I got on my own. In an economy that's not that great with people who are struggling to get a job or hate their current job but stay just to provide a living for themselves, I am blessed to have a job that I actually like doing and enjoy going to everyday. God gave that to me. Though I have many aspirations, this is the little that God has blessed me with. I had a choice of how I was going to react with the little that He gave me. Could I be trusted to be a good employee even when no one was watching? I decided that I was going to pass this test.

That day I continued working hard (if not harder) until the minute that I was supposed to leave. I worked harder because I wanted to show myself and my boss (even though she never saw and will never know) that I could be a trustworthy employee. It's through my actions that she will see the difference in an employee that is a Christian. I worked hard because at the end of the day, I am working for God really, and He always sees. I want to please Him, I want Him to smile at me and say "well done good and faithful servant". See you have to prove to Christ that you can be trusted with the little before He can bless you with more. I am just in the entry level of my career and as I show myself faithful I believe that God in turn will bless me with bigger and better opportunities as I grow older and advance in my career.

So my question to you is: what are you believing God for? What are your dreams and aspirations? What are you asking Him to bless you with? Now I ask you to look at your current situation (whether it's relationships, jobs, finances, homes etc): have you shown God that you can be trusted? Do you consistently spend your money frivolously without asking God what you should do with the money? Do you take poor care of the apartment that you are living in (because it's someone else's house, not yours)? Are you faithful in your relationships? Do you slack off at your job because no one is around and they can't see you anyways?

How can we expect God to bless us with our own home, spouse, business, higher paying job etc if we have shown that we can't be trusted with what we have now? What level headed human being would trust someone that shows they can't be trusted?

I'm very happy that I passed this test though I know there will be more. I have learned to be faithful in the little things because they do matter. I charge you to go out and pass the test.

xo
Tasha

Taking a quick selfie summer of 2013 as I'm on my way to church