The Test

I was working on a long and exacting project this weekend for truck driving school. It's called the "Log Complex" test. And it is. :-) Anyway, the test not being difficult enough in and of itself, the instructor hands us log sheets that are printed on both sides and says, that they must be completed in ink and there can be no correction fluid or correction tape used anywhere on the pages. Inevitably, at 6:00 AM Monday morning, with no more blank pages left, one side of the last page complete and 90% of the back side complete, I make a mark that is in the wrong place. A moment of panic and despair, then I try the pencil eraser; no good. I pray to God, out of desperation. Then a thought occurs, "Use something sharp to scrape the ink from the page."

Life is like that test. The examiner (God) demands perfection. However, no matter how hard we try, we can never achieve that perfection. Our own sins mark us. Thankfully God has provided a way to erase the marks of sin. The shed blood of His Son Jesus Christ is sufficient to remove all the sin so that we can be perfect in God's eyes. Yes, we still make mistakes; but Jesus is there to forgive us those mistakes from then on.

All we need to do, to receive a passing grade from God on the perfection test is repent (turn away or desire to stop our sinful ways) and accept Jesus into our hearts! He already turned in the perfect test; we are allowed to accept His score.