Making the Grades

1 Corinthians 13

⁵Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? ⁶And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.

Observation: Paul is urging the Corinthians to self-evaluate. He is asking that they look at their walks and faith in God. When he says, “test yourselves” I do not think that he is saying, put something that would normally cause you to sin (food, alcohol, drugs, pornography, etc) in front of you to see if it makes you fall or not. We know that because Paul urged them flee from evil and things contrary to God. What he is asking them to do is take a look on the inside and see if it matches the outside. Does the talk and walk meet up? Do you bare fruit?

Application: Self-evaluation is a great tool for many purposes. The corporate world uses it all the time. It can also be useful in our walk with God. If Christ is in us, then he will produce good fruit. We must ask ourselves if good fruit is being produced, if not ask ourselves why? Get to the root problem or cause. We should consider doing this daily!

Prayer: God, is my heart where you want it to be?