There is a lesson in the Christian life that we seem to have to learn and relearn and relearn and relearn, and you would think that we'll get the message.

What is that lesson?

The lesson is this, that we often stumble over God's blessings. We stub our toes in it and we fall

flat on our faces. Why? Because we never understand nor comprehend, nor we learn the lesson that with every blessing that God

gives you, with every blessing that God gives me is a dangerous time. He said, Michael,

wait a minute. How can you say the times of blessings can be dangerous? The times of blessing

is what we pray for. Times of blessings is what we look forward to.

Times of blessings are the things we are looking forward to. How can you say they are dangerous times?

I want to tell you why they are dangerous, because with every blessing that you receive from the hand of God,

there is the word test written all over it.

With every blessing that you and I receive from the hand of God, we have a choice. And the choice is this. Do we stumble over it and we fall down, or do we use it as a stepping stone to grow upward and onward?

That's the question. If you forget everything today that I'm going to say, don't forget that one.

Write it down. Memorize it. In the heavenly realm, there is a heavenly FedEx.

It's not that I'm recommending this company, but it's just the one that's best known, I guess.

And when you get that Federal Express package on your door from the hand of God,

God is saying in that package, test, test, test.

We all know that tests are not the best and most favorite thing for any student.

But you see, tests have a reason.

They are designed by the education system for a reason. That's why in some

failed education system they're trying to take away testing. But tests are very important because

they take the diligent. Test helps the prepared student to do well and then progress to the next level. But the same test for the

negligent and the students who didn't study and the student who was derelict in their

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