Finals

Ahh the week of finals.  There is no feeling quite like it in the world.  The rushing around trying to cram every piece of information from the whole semester into a study session.  The stress of trying to raise grades by the letter.  Not to mention the focus of thinking about getting home to see family and friends for the holidays.  If you also add in trying to make last minute plans with friends before the break plus the above mentioned, you have a recipe for stress.

This is exactly what I am experiencing this week.  My grades in my classes are teetering between two letter grades.  The exams will be the deciding factor.  I want to do my best.  Therefore, I am extremely stressed on making sure that the grade on my finals cause my overall all grade to go up a letter grade.  Then I got a devotional email from my mom.

The opening to the devotional was this verse: "But you will not even need to fight.  Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord's victory.  He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem.  Do not be afraid or discouraged.  Go out there tomorrow, for the Lord is with you!" 2 Chronicles 20:17  I was stuck on this verse for awhile.  I kept reading it and rereading it. Then I realized something.

I have no need to worry about my finals.  God is going to be with me no matter what.  In the end it won't matter what I made on my finals.  My finals do not and will not determine my entrance into the kingdom of Heaven.  So, I am no longer worried about my finals.  I know God is with me and will supply my needs.  His word says: "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26  If I were to take on these exams in my own strength, it would be impossible.  But because I have God on my side, these exams are not impossible.  God is with me.