SQUEEZED

You can't really tell how much faith a person has by looking.  You find out how much is in you when you get squeezed.  When circumstances turn on the pressure, you spill out whatever it is you're full of.

If you're filled with faith, then faith is what spills out.  If you're filled with doubt when circumstances apply pressure, then doubt is what spills out.

Maybe you had a bad quarter at work - terrible personal sales - way under your company's expectations levels.  What spilled out?

Maybe you received some bad news from your doctor.  What splashed out?

You spill out what you're full of.  If you're filled with faith, that's what comes out.  If you're filled with doubt, that's what comes out.

It's one or the other - faith or doubt.

And here's what I know -- you're going to get squeezed.  You will be tested.  All you have to do to prove my theory correct ... is to live a few years.

And here's the thing:  God doesn't test your faith so He can see how much is there;  He already knows.  He tests your faith so you can know how much is there and see it grow.

And be blessed.