THE TABLE TOP TEST
Today's reading: Proverbs 8-9

"My gifts are better than the purest gold, my wages better than sterling silver!" Proverbs 8:19

A gentleman I heard interviewed on the radio yesterday spoke of the time in his family when anything purchased had to pass the 'table top test'. Any electronic, any digital device, any object at all, would be set upon the table and knocked off. If it survived the fall unscathed, it would be purchased, if not--well, not.

You see, they had at the time a 3 year-old, a 2 year-old, a newly adopted 18 month-old--and a new puppy. Everything had to be indestructible. Everything had to stand the table top test!

A wise Christian will use the table top test, too.

Will your faith stand being dropped from lofty heights to the gutter in one bad choice, one insincere act or due to a string of words unlovingly placed together? Will what you believe in remain intact and sustainable when you feel as though God's scooted you off the side of a cliff? Will your peace be evident as you flail wildly in the air on your way to a testing point in your life?

Your faith will be tested, mark it down. You have the opportunity today to decide how it will 'test out'. Your commitments to Bible reading and prayer time are determining the outcome of your testing and the depth of your trust in the Lord.

You're in one of three places right now: 1. Sitting peacefully on the table, minding your own business. 2. Flattened on the floor, possibly shaken, possibly broken, probably having had the wind knocked out of you. 3. Mid-air.

What will you score? Pass or fail? Strong or weak?