Ever had one of those days when all around you seem to conspire to make absolutely everything go wrong and against you? Ever had a dream blow up in your face and leave you wondering why and how? Ever made a decision you were confident about only to find out you not only missed the boat, you missed the whole ocean?
We have all walked through the valley of failure. What matters is how we respond: do we give up and live a defeated life, or do we believe God can restore us?
We fail; but we are not a failure. Old satan wants us to see our failures as part of our identity rather than something that has resulted from our actions. In fact, he uses our failures to beat us down and repeatedly tells us just how worthless we are.
But the truth is that we belong to God. He uses our failures to prepare us to be used more greatly by Him. He uses these times in our lives as times of growth. In order for the Lord to mold Peter (in spite of his failures) into the leader of strength and humility he'd soon become, the disciple's heart needed to be purified by being broken. Let's face it, brokenness hurts! We tend to try to avoid pain; but when we build walls around our heart to deny God access, we are resisting much-needed brokenness and healing. If we want God to use us, we must allow Him to get rid of the"junk" that keeps us from reaching our maximum potential to glorify Him.
Amazingly, our failures can be the catalyst that moves us to a whole new vision of what God is doing in our lives. He can use our failures to give us a new beginning along with a renewed understanding of the purpose He has given us.
Read and be encouraged. Pray and be strengthened. Walk in victory in the midst of calamity because you know God is using it to His greater good; when the clouds part, you will once again see the sunshine.
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