PSALM 26:2 THIS IS A TEST...IT IS ONLY A TEST

Greetings friends, neighbors, countrymen...lend me your spiritual ears...

"Examine me, O Lord...and prove/test me; try my mind and my heart." (Psalm 26:2)

(Long piercing, shrill sound): This is a test...it is only a test. This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System (EBS). In the case of a real emergency you will be directed to turn your radio to a specific channel.

This above test is always an interruption...when you least expect it....interrupting whatever you are watching or listening to on the television or radio. I was listening to an Old Time Radio show the other day...and it was a show called Suspense...and the suspense was building up to the point of what I had been listening for...(long piercing, shrill sound...this is a test...it is only a test...yada yada, bla bla, whooop whoop). By the time it was over...the show was over. Boy... talk about SUSPENSE.

I hate tests. I hate preparing for a test. I hate taking the test. I hate waiting for my test to be graded. I hate receiving back the test results...unless they turn out to be good...then I am elated.

"Every Scripture is God-breathed--given by His inspiration--and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, and for training in righteousness [that is, in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose, and action.], so that the man of God may be complete and proficient, well-fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work." (II Timothy 3:16-17)

It is wise to do self examinations for yourself...for breast lumps, testicular lumps, spiritual self introspection, physical capabilities.

"Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?--unless indeed you are disqualified. But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified." (II Corinthians 13:5-6)

"You have tested my heart; you have visited me in the night; You have tried/tested/examined me and have found nothing." (Psalm 17:3)

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." (Psalm 139:23-24)

"I will bring the one-third through the fire, will refine them as silver is refined, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name and I will answer them. And I will say, this is My people; and each one will say, the Lord is my God." (Zechariah 13:9)

"But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiners fire and like launderers/fullers soap. He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge/refine them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness." (Malachi 3:3)

Well...the bottom line is this...you will be tested one way or another...so...you might as well...go ahead and exam yourself...and then say Lord...TEST ME...EXAMINE ME. He will at some point anyway.

We will now return you to your regular programming.

Love and Tried and Tested Kisses
Rodney "This Is A Blog...It Is Only A Blog" Boyd