Proverbs 24:10 NLT
If you fail under pressure, your strength is
too small.
Failure happens. It is something that all of us have gone
through if we have lived very long. What
we do with failure makes all the difference of the world.
Often it is what we learn
when we fall that takes us further and helps us grow more than any other
time. We do learn from victories, yet if
our lives are only full of victories, we won’t appreciate them as much as we
could.
I heard a coach say
recently that the reason she leads her team is to help them win. Loses will happen. But learning from the loses and compiling the
wins is a big deal.
If we continue to fail and
never win, we must find new ways to stretch toward winning and to see
success. Being part of a team is a great
thing. Being part of a winning team is
awesome. Following God and living by
faith will bring more victory and more learning from our failures.
Hebrews 12:15 NLT
Look after each other so that none of
you fails to receive the grace
of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you,
corrupting many.
We might miss the grace of
God if we are not looking for it. By
receiving God’s grace we will be able to understand failure and be able to
reach toward success.
But look at that verse one
more time. It says we are to “look after
each other”. God has called us to live
in community and share life with other people.
In the book of Ecclesiastes we read about helping, encouraging and
living with other people. Throughout the
Bible God tells us how we can care of each other.
Together we can help with
the failures and the victories. We can
also understand why things happen, teach each other and press toward less
failure and more victory.
2 Peter 1:9 NLT
But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting
that they have been cleansed from their old sins.
Maybe that verse is a different failure or way of failing, but we must
not be shortsighted. One of the easiest
ways to fail is to not learn from and remember the past. No, we cannot let our past hold us back. The truth of the past and what God has done
for us will allow us to understand our failures and press on toward victory.
God, help us see our failures from your point of view and allow us to
win in ways that really matter. Thank
you for your grace. In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
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