I don’t know about you, but I do not believe in coincidences. Before Jesus began his ministry, He was led into the wilderness for forty days and forty nights. I am on break for forty days, and this is no coincidence. I am transitioning into a season that is going to stretch me in every area of my life. I said yes to starting an Alive (the youth ministry at my church) club at my school with a friend. I said yes to starting a single young women connect with a friend. I said yes to a project called #NotAWaste. I said yes to continuing bible college, and yes to continuing at my university. I have to make time for friends, family, and volunteering at church all while maintaining my relationship with God.

Will this next season be easy? Most definitely not. These forty days, I will be tested as was the Lord. He is going to want to see the strength of our relationship. Can it endure all things that are to come? Will I seek Him first? Will I allow Him to have His way in my life? How patient will I be? How slow will I be to anger? Will I get the lesson the first time?

I don’t have the answers to these questions, only He does. I can only pray our relationship is strong and will get stronger as the time passes. I am human and I may fail. The beauty of being the weakest link in my relationship with God is that He meets me right where I am. It’s not a halfway thing with Him because on my own, I will never have enough willpower to do what He asks. However, with Him, His grace is sufficient. His grace patches up the holes where things are missing in my life. It’s all about Him and what He does for me, in me and through me. I am honored He chose me to do what I am doing today.

If Jesus was able to get through those forty days of fasting and testing, so can I. Jesus didn’t conquer those days in supernatural form but in human form. God equips me and will continue to equip me for all that is to come. A teacher gives tests with material they believe the student is prepared for. Come what may, God has prepared me for it.