exams

hey guys!!

Today when I did my devotion, God really spoke to me and i got a feeling that He wants me to share this to you all :)

As the date of my biology exam keeps getting closer and closer to be honest I'm not really that stressed at the moment than other people around me that are doing exams. I think this is from knowing that God will deliver and provide! Knowing this has definitely helped me to have a calm and focused heart on Him.

However it wasn't until today that pretty much ALL my worries have been taken away (there have been a bit of worrying thoughts that have crept into my mind- like before when i was thinking about whether i should share this because the time i spend to write this, i could be using to study for biology however God once again reminded me to do what HE DESIRES not what i want for myself.

This is what God spoke to me about:
That we shouldn't be worried AT ALL about our exams and their outcomes because firstly we have absolutely no control on what we achieve as God is the one who decides and no matter how hard we try, His will will be the end result.
Secondly (this is the main thing i learnt today, sorry it took ages to get here)

We get so pressured from parents and others' expectations or we get so competitive to attain better scores than others that we dive into studying and doing everything to try and do our best. However because God has a plan for all of us and He has already planned out our future (what He wants us to be/ do in the future) we shouldn't worry about achieving these things- say i want to become a doctor and i work so crazily to get that 99.95 or that high score to get into uni to study med etc... However if that is what God desires me to be then I really don't need to be working so hard that i forget God amongst all my studies and drift away because that's what we tend to do with school work and trying to attain the best we can possibly do however we must remember that if it's God's will then we should let Him guide us because if it's His desires then it WILL happen in the end. This of course isn't to say that we can slack off and let God do His wonders. Yes it's totally fine to work hard but it shouldn't be to the point that our focus isn't on Him anymore. Why should we study our butts off to only achieve what God would have eventually delivered us to???!!

Don't be so worried because, "I am the way, the truth and the life" He will deliver and provide for us as long as we obey and follow Him, where our heart is truly on Him.

Think back to our baptism, we laid our lives down for Him so that He can lead, shape and mould it!

Re-reading this, it's quite similar to my other post but I'll post this anywhere because it really helped me and hopefully it will help you to! :)