Enter the examination hall without any idea on what is the criterion or subject being tested is equivalent to running onto the battlefield without a rifle.

Exams can be said to be a constant in student’s life. It is an annual ordeal, but even more importantly, we must understand that it is allowed by God. Thus the question to ask is why are we being examined and what are we being examined about.

An examination is a test to see if we have acquired a certain level of proficiency in something. Thus the purpose of an examination is always to act as a gauge, both used by God and by man. (Meaning that the purpose is similar, but the standard of gauging may differ)

Already answering why we are being examined, now we need to answer what are we being examined on? We need to know what we are tested upon in order to pass; hence this is the important point. Schools examine our knowledge, God test our character. (I hate to use the word test as it seems to be an understated expression regarding the importance of passing the assessment, but people are often more familiar with God testing us.. so oh well..)
Understand this, God’s main aim is not out to make us smarter. After all, as I said before, knowledge of this world is of no value. In fact, we are merely discovering what God has concluded. He made the world. If He’s so obsessed about us learning how it works, He would have given us a textbook, not a Bible. Besides if God wanted to use exams to test our level of intellect, He would be practicing favoritism with those that He created with higher aptitude for learning.

God uses exams to bring out to light our true character. He’s testing us in discipline, diligence, perseverance. If we cannot even be disciplined to study for an exam which is the basic responsibility of a student, how can we be disciplined to shepherd our sheep? If we cannot even study diligently, how will we be to serve Him diligently? Our character is reflected off simple things such as these.

Get this straight: This isn’t an examination on intellect; this is an examination of character.

Our examination hall isn’t the school hall, it’s our daily life
Our exam duration isn’t the 2 hours; it’s the months leading to the examination
Our exams doesn’t end when the time’s up for writing, our exam ends when the time is up for our preparation
Our pass isn’t in our marks; it’s how we fared in the eyes of The Almighty
He’s not asking for top grades, He asked for top character
Just do your best, for by doing that, you have already passed His test.

- jade
someone sent me this, i found it very meaningful, i hope you guys learn something from it.