Leading towards final exams

Time flies soooo quick, a year had gone by since i was sitting my HSC exam, the most important exam ever in my life and the hardest too. Now i think every exams are equally important. Why do I say that?? if u have the same thoughts as i do towards this particular issue, u'll agree with my view of exams. Let me put it this way:

• In primary school final exams in year 6 was an important thing because if i didnt do good in them, i wouldnt be able to go to a good high school. In fact, to be able to go to a good high school, i had to do another test which are important as well. (this happen in indo as i was in indo a few years back and im sure some selective school in australia would test ur academic skills apart from looing at ur school report before u can get into the school.)
  
• In high school, year 12 HSC exams were important as well, in fact it seemed like the most important exam ever, because without great UAI* (ATAR they call it now) i wouldnt be able to go to a good uni
• In uni, exams are pretty important as well even though u need only to pass the exam in order to pass the course but passing an exam in uni are not as easy as it sounds... besides passing, who doesnt want to get distinction and or high distinction???

One encouragement that I find very helpful regarding exam is God does not care about how great my results are in the end but he cares most about how faithful i study. Why would i study faithfully while i can just study for myself though in the end its my mark and i get to do anything i like with it?? Because i am God's creation and as a christian i am living my life to glorify God's name in all things that i do (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Study faithfully means that I do my best with my study and leave up the rest to God. In a day to day example, it'll looks like this: I study my best for my exams but not neglecting other commitments i have such as church and family. In the end, whether i get good mark or not i would thank God for that knowing that he has something plan for me and it will always be for my own good (romans 8:28).

I am not saying that we shouldnt put an effort in our study since God doesnt care anyway about our mark. I am saying that we do our best which means study hard with a different intention and focus now. Instead of striving great mark to get good job and having a security in future by relying on ourselves, we're striving good mark because we want to do our best in our study given the opportunity to do so and trusting God with our future knowing that he knows whats best for us.