Jeremiah 17:9-10 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Yesterday I said God would test you so that you could see how you measure up. Allow me to continue in this vein and draw some conclusions which might help you further.  In the process of testing there are going to be positive results and negative results. Remember here that it is God who is bringing to you the test results and telling you what those results mean.

2 Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

Don’t compare your results against those of other men or women in Christ. Never compare yourself with a non-believer. God will give you encouragement in good results and correction in bad results. So often, all too often, we become fruit inspectors, thinking that our fruit is not ripe, not sweet enough, or not of sufficient quantity.

The fruit of your doing, if it be of God, is because of your relationship to the source of the good fruit and nothing to do with your own effort. We do this all the time, thinking that if we try harder we will get the results we want. “Get the results we want.” Let that sink in for a second. Where is God’s will in that?

Is it right for us to choose what God’s will is in anything thing based on our feelings of inadequacy, insecurity or guilt? It is our part in all this to foster a healthy intimate relationship with our God and let everything flow out from there.