Triumphing or Failing Under Test or Pressure

What does it mean to fail under or pressure It means to drop the race baton, It means to tremble before Satan, It means to be a disappointment to God. Its means to declare oneself unfit to partake in the glory to come. It means to fail God before Satan. God does not tempt man but he allows him to be tested to know if he would be worth the glory he is to bestow upon him.. And the test is what puts us under pressure but its a pity that majority of the people fails God test.. Saul was one of such... He's patience was just tested for seven days for the first time and he could not endure which made him fail. Samuel said he would meet Saul at Gilgal. Saul waited there seven days. But Samuel had not yet come to Gilgal, and the soldiers began to leave Saul. So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings.” Then Saul offered the burnt offering. As soon as Saul finished offering that sacrifice, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet him. 1 Samuel 13:8‭-‬10 ERV Whereas job was tested over a long period of time and he came out victorious. Vashti lost her position on the Seventh day of the feast of the king because she could not endure the test of being beheld by people whereas the widow of zarepath passed even though it seemed to be her last meal. Who are the people that God allows to be tested? Its his children, his beloved servants, the ones who are faithful and obedient, the ones who a greater glory awaits, those who shun evil and wickedness The bible says Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him. He is a good, faithful man. He respects God and refuses to do evil.” Job 1:8 ERV And while saul failed under pressure, Job did not fail God because he knew the greatest principle which was God gives and he takes it back The bible affirmed this saying "and said, “When I was born into this world, I was naked and had nothing. When I die and leave this world, I will be naked and have nothing. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Praise the name of the Lord!” Job 1:21 ERV, So many of us fail life test because we fail to make use of that principle because the moment we put the principle to use which says God gives and he is the one who takes it back we will triumph before the pressure or test we are passing through. Here are some examples of people who triumphed before test or pessure. Abraham passed- Genesis 22:1‭-‬12, Samuel passed- 1 Samuel 12:1‭-‬5, The widow of zarephat passed 1 Kings 17:10‭-‬16, Job passed Job 1:20‭-‬22, 42:10-17, Jesus passed Matthew 26:39‭, ‬42, In what areas have we been tested? Is it through out personality, needs or wants? Did we pass or fail?. here are also examples of people who failed under test or pressure. Vashti failed Esther 1:10‭-‬11‭, ‬15‭-‬19, Saul failed 1 Samuel 13:1‭-‬15, 14:24-46, 15:17-21, Eli failed 1 Samuel 3:11‭-‬18, Samuel's sons failed 1 Samuel 8:3, Most people fail because they look at the present and hold on to it but forget that there is one person who can make this present and future time they are expectig become past time in a matter of seconds. Most people hold onto and cherish what is called vanity., For God to be able to attest for us We have to hold nothing dear to our hearts lest we fail when it is taken from us, What happens when we fail under test/pressure? We lose our position before God in Christ Jesus to satan, We lose out in the greater glory to come, We become a shame to the body of Christ, If Abraham had failed when God requested for his only son, the promise of God for his life may not have come to pass. If job had failed when he lost everything, he would have died in that affliction. If the widow of zarepath had failed, she would have died of hunger in no time, If Jesus had refused to let the will of God be done at Gethsemane, he may not have been glorified. In what areas has the lord given you up to be tested but you failed him. think of those times you have been shy to proclaim Christ, those times you could not let go of those things that seems like heaven and earth to you. Those times when personality test of people made you fail God just like how they made Saul and vashti failed him. The end is always greater than the beginning for those who triumph before the test God puts them up for. Will you still keep failing God?, Will you keep allowing the devil your adversary triumph over you?, That your marriage crisis may be your test, how will you handle it?, Those your worldly friends that are luring you may be your own pressure to endure, will you fail? Check yourself and you will realize those time you failed woefully, Ask God for forgiveness because you have disappointed him. The bible says Then Samuel received this message from the Lord: “Saul has stopped following me, so I am sorry that I made him king. He is not doing what I tell him.” Samuel became angry and cried to the Lord all night. 1 Samuel 15:10‭-‬11 ERV. God is sorry he placed most of us in a particular position/office which he thought we will use well. Your marriage, work, friends, church, ministry, life, family, needs, wants, personality are position/offices which God believes you can handle well but you failed him. Ask him to forgive you and give you a second chance. May God forgive us and give us the chance to make him proud like Job and Jesus did in Jesus name amen. Thanks for reading this article, I pray that God gives us the insight to uncover the needed message he has for us in this article.. To his name be all the glory, honour and adoration.. Written by Ajayi Adeyeni Gabriel