You Are The Weakest Link

Have you ever had your hopes on something and then your hopes got shot down? Or perhaps you have hoped for something and it came true. Either way there is one factor in both of these situations that will determine the outcome. The factor of this equation is you.
Let's say that you are a college student. Okay there is going to be a big exam coming up. This exam will be testing what you have learned over the entire class that you have taken. What are you going to do? Study? Right, you are going to study until you can't study anymore. While studying you have a confidence that you are going to pass this test with flying colors. You are making sure that you are going over everything you have learned from the class. You are not leaving anything out.
On the day of the exam your teacher announces that the exam is going to be the biggest determining factor of whether you pass or fail. You are thinking "Oh this is so easy, peace of cake." Test get handed out then the timer is set and you are told that you have one hour. And off you go. Looking at the test you begin to go blank. You just went over this question last night you were just so sure and positive. Then you nervously try to decide is the answer A.) or B.) or no wait is C.) OH MY GOSH! You begin to have sweat beads pop out on your nose and forehead. Your hands begin to get clammy. Why are you such a nervous wreck? This is just a test? Right?
We all do something similar to this in life. We start out confident that what we have learned so far in life is going to get us through every situation life throws at us. When we come upon something that we have not ever encountered we tend to freak a little. We are looking at it like it is humungous or just too hard. But if we just calm down and look at each problem or situation instead of trying to look at 100 problems at once, then we can take our time and not rush and make the wrong choices.
But that is what the devil wants us to do in life. He wants us to come to a point where we don't know what to do in a situation that we have never faced before. He wants us to start to panic. When we do this we allow a door to be opened for any answer or "hint" for the current problem.
When a problem or situation arises we are the weakest link in our own problems. If we could just calm down and think about the answer and look at the situation we are in and not get overwhelmed. We would know exactly what the "right" answer is.
The most important thing to do during life and before any big test, trial, or tribulation is to study. We must feed ourselves the Word of God everyday. By doing this we are studying ourselves approved. And then when we have a short little quiz we will pass these. Then we continue to study and do our best, then when the exams in life come up, we can and will be ready for them. Another important thing to do everyday is to pray and seek God's will and answers for our lives. Take everything to God in prayer. Asking Him to make a way or show you an answer to something before we jump into something too quickly. The last but not least thing to do is to leave you out of it. Flesh is a hard thing to leave out of an equation, especially when it involves you. But you will find that if you are seeking and searching God for His Will and His answer then you will be leaving flesh out of it.
But we can be assured that even if we do "fail" some of the "exams" in life. God is still right there beside of us. He is urging us to get back up and try, try, try again. When we do fail, God will never fail you.

Isaiah 43:2
"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee."
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
"But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee......"
(2 Corinthians 12:10)