Evaluation

How are you evaluated?  How do you evaluate things or other people?

It has something to do with value, doesn't it?  We are measuring the value of someone or something.  Will I buy this, for this price, or decide it is not worth the cost?  We do it all the time, over and over.  What are comparing to, or measuring by? 

Most likely there is a particular time of year when you get evaluated.  In school, they call the evaluations exams.  At work, hopefully they have a different name for them.  Neither the test nor its outcome should be a surprise.  The test is intended to show what is there, what you have and what you don't have.  If it works out that way, it is helpful.

When it matters most, when our Lord evaluates us, what is He looking for?  What role is He testing?  How does He structure the exams, and when do they come?  Does He even do that?  It sounds like it...
     "Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work." (1Cor 3:12-13 NASB)

Let's talk about this.