You need a daily dose of calmness, peace and rest!!
“Not at a time like this” I hear you say? But this is
exactly the time when we need to feel peaceful about what’s going on!
It’s safe to say that exams though important, are without
a doubt just horrible. We don’t enjoy them, we spend ages worrying about the
exam until once we have finished, we forgot what the worry was about and it’s
all over and you don’t care what happens. Luckily for us, we aren’t an exam and
God doesn’t just deal with our problems and forgets about us!
So during exams and revision what are the things going
through your head? Fear. Worry, anxiety, thoughts of failing or just giving up.
We all feel this way but luckily for us we are all in it together which for me
always made me feel better knowing I wasn’t the only one feeling this way! So
what do we do about all of these feelings? We pray about them, we give them to
God. We ask God for peace in our hearts and for us not to worry anymore.
Whatever happens in your exams know that in Jeremiah 29:11 it says “For I know
the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for
evil, to give you a future and a hope”. When you worry and panic about exams
and start thinking but I won’t get into Uni unless I get this grade, or I am
letting this person down or I have to pass or my life will be over.
I would say
breathe and remember that God already knows the outcome of all your exams, he
has a plan for your life and whatever happens in these exams won’t change what
God has in store for your life.
How exciting is that thought? Knowing that there is a
loving God who has a plan for your life, cares about you so much so that we
wants to give us a hope and future that is good. Feelings or nervousness are
natural but fears and worry over exams aren’t good for us and we need to know
how to deal with these feelings. Some helpful passages are:
Matthew 8:6 “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith”?
Luke 12:22
Joshua 1:9
Psalm 29:11
Romans 5:1
Matthew 6:25-34
Matthew 6:34 “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own”.
God knew that we would worry, that’s why he put it in the
bible. But he wants to reassure us not to but to seek him and call upon his
name when you do. Exams can seem out of our control but actually we are in
control of them, we revise and work hard for it says “Whatever you do, work
with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men” Colossians 3:23.
You may be busy but you are never too busy to pray,
whether walking to school or college, getting ready in the mornings... anytime
where it is just you there is always time to pray! Seek God and lift all your
fears and worries to him, have faith, work hard and trust in his plan for you!
Praying for you all J
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