2486) Sometimes we can get into the habit of just passively living our lives, watching it unfold as an observer. This is not how God wants us to live.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 tells us to test everything; hold fast to what is good.

Whatever comes our way each day, we should actively test or examine it for what they are.

Is this because God is blessing me? Is this something God wants to strengthen me with? Is this situation here so that I can use the gifts God has given me? All these things and more are ways we can test our situations. We are not called to be passive; God expects us to be active.