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Imagine this.
You are sitting at an interview and really want to make a good impression. You're wearing your nicest clothes, giving your best manners, and showing off the great skills you have. Now it's time for the questions.
Let's say you are trying to work for a big-shot TV channel or something. The manager now asks a simple question.

"What example from television is a good example of a hero to you?"
Good question but you got this quickly. You immediately give an answer before even thinking about it.

"Well Dora the explorer once saved a unicorn."
"Huh?"
"Yea, and she even became a princess and saved the world. She's so awesome. I love her."
"..."

... = bad. You don't want them to be speechless...
Now when you think about it, couldn't you have given a better answer?
Surely, there's a better TV show out there.

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God's always around us and expecting us to do certain things. He places problems and obstacles in our life so that we can answer it the way he wants us to. A lot of times, we give the wrong answer.

Think about the weird/dumb hypothetical scene I mentioned. Sure you may laugh and/or feel bad for the loser but we're no different. Sometimes we have that gut feeling to do something and we don't. Then, we regret not doing it. We got to try and make God's wants in our impulses. Remember, regrets are made only to things we didn't do. I'm not saying to do everything that you feel like doing. Rather, we have to choose the best answer out of the choices and present it to God.

We're always being focused by God. God wants to see what we do in certain situations. He wants us to follow His Word and show it in our actions. Pretty tough, right? Especially since we follow our conscience most of the time and not the Holy Spirit.

Hmm? You're confused? Well, you heard right. Our conscience may be something that tells us what's right and what's wrong but that doesn't mean our conscience is right. I can start stealing money from banks in order to buy food for my family. That may seem right to me but it isn't right to God. That's why He gave us the Holy Spirit. This way, we know what is right or wrong to God. Then, we can start to impress him.

Look at the Parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30). The owner of a place gave money (talents) to three workers to see what they would do. The third worker gained nothing and the owner was angry at him. In the same way, we have to use what God gives us. Instead of holding onto these Christian values, God wants us to use his Word to the things that we see in our day-to-day lives.

We shouldn't hide anything or give an answer based on gut feeling. We have to base everything on the Bible and be able to say the things He wants us to say. When problems are put in our lives, let's impress the Father by choosing the right answer.


"You may know the right answer and all, but until you put it down, you're not getting the question right."


-----Invader05