BY: GIANT MINER
Is there anything to fear than GOD? NO, not even the fear of exam!
Fear is a great barrier to many students and not only affect them emotionally but also close the door of mind to remember things in exam.
Human soul is made of three compactments,
The mind (room of knowledge)
The Emotion
The will (Decision divider) all connected.
Fear makes student fail because they loss access to their mind which is the base of information for breaking the barrier of examination and test.
If you never experienced it you won't understand, every student wants to have good grade, 98% is fully prepared but not all will finally actualize their expectation this is a fact!
Fear is one of the cloud of limitation when sitting for examination, you may even be prepared but still you have that mind that the question may likely not be from what you have read all over night, imagine!
Fear is a system that kills Christian's Faith, it shut the door of believe and damage the consciousness of God's possibilities available for man.
Fear had exist from the beginning even the fear from disobedient on Adam and Eve after eating the fruit.
But we have not receive the spirit of fear but that of sound mind whereby we cry Abba Father..
I myself was always a victim of fear on many of my exam days this is not limit to even professors.
But later I understand that this so called fear is a brick mould in sequence even from the first day you print out your course form.
I sometimes feel worried after checking my course load for the semester. The mind of human being is sensitive and have ability to conceive both positive and negative thoughts.
You won't break this brick until you have the mind of christ...
Ways to conquer fear
We human has an inbuilt fear of failure and criticism naturally.
There are many ways to bury fear of failure which is the base source of examination fear. Even though not all students like education but no body wants to fail!!
The very first way to overcome the fear of examination is by engaging the holy spirit in your academics.
The holy Spirit is the helper given to us by our creator to help us in all things both spiritual, academical and in all things.
The Lord want us to glorify him in our academics Matt 5:13-16, Isaiah 60:1-2, you have sometime in you that will make you soar above the cloud of fear.
THE HOLY SPIRIT is our senior partner, he is our teacher, he is the thought of our lecturers and he can easily reveal their mind to us.
Many believers never believe the fact that the holy Spirit speaks and can be called upon to Assist in anything even academics.
You have the auction from above you know all things that was apostle Paul confession in 1John 2:20.
It takes faith to recieve this fact, the spirit of God is in us, this same spirit dwells in all men and even those in different countries.
The extent to which you manifest the spirit is the limit to which you can enjoy his full assistance.
Many times fear comes on us in exam Hall as a result of lack of knowledge about the question.
I submit to you that if you know all the questions ask you will be as bold as a lion and even hear the sound of joy within you as you behold the question.
During 2021 academic Sunday in CACCF fellowship I was to answer this great question about fear, I was so much caught up that I gave the summary of why fear comes in one's mind during exams and test as lack of preparation.
This is the fact, you lack knowledge about the exam question because you haven't effectively and efficiently prepared for the exam. There is different between doing things right and doing the right thing.
Your inability to prepare may be as a result of time factor or lack of access to information both which can be helped by the holy Spirit.
The gift of revelation is the skill manifest by a man through the help of the holy Spirit. The gift belongs to him and he choose to manifest it if we want him to for the glory of God.
This gift of revelation is in three dimension (1 cor: 12)
1. Gift of word of knowledge: The holy spirit through this give you sufficient information to study, to prepare and to explore your handout.
2. Gift of word of wisdom: The holy spirit through this help you to understand the direction to get the best of the course, how to put things when answering the questions, direction to studying among others.
3. Gift of discernment: You through this enjoy a picture of how the question looks like, what you will be asked, where you will be examined among others.
With the information, direction and discernment data, you don't have to fear anything but just relax and boldly make JESUS proud in your academics.
Many don't have the spirit because they are not yet born again, many have it but they don't engage him, we are limited by what the holy Spirit is capable of doing even in our academics.
As a worker in the vineyard of God someone may have short time to study truly because of fellowship activities which must be First (matt6:33), but you overcome fear when the spirit gives you all you need, you have the easiest access to the holy spirit help than everyone anytime you use your time for GOD, the holy spirit is the one to optimize your time for you and make you recover all for greater glory.
God knows we will surely need to overcome fear, he surely knows we will need help in our academics that is why we have the person of the holy Spirit to help.
The holy spirit is not a story to talk about, he is real, you speak to him and he will speak to you.
But you can't engage him when you don't even know him, when you are not even a son, when you don't even believe Jesus the source and the finisher of our faith.
The first thing to overcome fear is to get the holy Spirit and you can access him by becoming the son of God. And how can someone become the son of GOD? through acknowledging your sin, confessing them, ask for forgiveness with believe that Jesus Christ had come and had died for us all that we should no longer be a slave to sin. Confess Jesus as you Lord and savior.
With this done, talk to the holy Spirit which is the inheritance of salvation (Ephesians 1) and he will respond to you. You sustain him through the fruit of the spirit, and feeding on the bread of life.
My part which I must not forsake: Preparation
Finally, the holy Spirit is not a magician you have your part to play by preparing. Proper preparation prevent poor performance (5ps' of shift).
You have to be diligent in studying, you must study strategically and consistently.
Be committed and be consistent
The holy Spirit will never engage in zero preparation, he will give you the address, the direction, the energy and the best way to get there you do the traveling.
If you travel less you get less if you travel far you get the fattest. What ever you sow you will reap.
But that little, he will always multiply it for you at all time.
Trust in the Lord and conclude not on your own underhandling, in all your ways acknowledge him and he will direct your path (academic, reading, writing) proverb 3:5-6
Testimony About the Holy spirit
I was to write a test one day thou I have prepared fully as the Lord was so faithful to me, on getting to the hall there was a question which is so strange and I wasn't able to decode it.
Then I stopped and pray shortly asking the holy Spirit to help me, then he responded and said start from those you can do, when you get to the one you don't know I will take over. Truly when I got to the unknown question, he takes over and solved it for me in a miraculous way. I was so confused even after the test that when the script came out I was the only one who answered it correctly.
The miracle there is that, when I checked through the answer, it wasn't my strategy of solving question, it was a total approach differ from my statics and sense of thinking.
The holy spirit kills fear and help our weakness.
We are sons of God and not slave, we have access to Dominion through the spirit of God in us.
The Lord bless you in Jesus name
