"The Test of SELF-INTEREST!"

"If thou wilt take to the left hand, then I will go to the right; or
if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
                                                                                   Genesis 13:9

As soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and luxurious prospects will open up before you, and these things are yours be right; but if you are living the life of faith you will exercise your right to waive your rights, and let God choose for you.

God sometimes allows you to get into a place of testing where your own welfare would be the right and proper thing to consider if you were not living a life of faith; but if you are, you will joyfully waive your right and leave God to choose for you.

This is the discipline by means of which the "natural" is transformed into the "spiritual" by obedience to the voice of God.

Whenever right is made the guidance in the life, it will blunt the spiritual insight. The great enemy of the life of faith in God is not sin, but the good which is NOT good enough. The "good" is always the enemy of the "best." It would seem the wisest thing in the world for Abraham to choose, it was his right, and the people around him would consider him a fool for NOT choosing.

Many of us do not go on (grow up) spiritually because we prefer to choose what is "right" instead of "relying upon God to choose for us." We have to learn to walk according to the standard which has its eye on God.

This "spiritual conviction" will allow the believer to say with confidence and blessed assurance to the Lord of the Harvest, "Walk before me!"