Overcome Your Failures: They Do NOT Define You!
Failures are a common cause of insecurity. Sometimes these insecurities stem from a fear of failure. Maybe it’s from previous failures, maybe even a series of them. Occasionally they may come from failures consisting of bad decisions, wrong living, intentional or even unintentional mistakes, etc. We occasionally have the misbelief that our failures define us. They don’t! Our failures can hinder us and hold us back if we let them, but they don’t have to. We can learn to overcome them and even use them as a springboard to launch us even further into success.
Failures can teach us.
King David’s sin and failures (adultery and murder) haunted him: “For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.” Psalm 51:3 (NLT) Our failures often haunt us. In fact, the devil loves to keep us in this exact position. Another word for it is self-condemnation. The devil wants us to believe that we ARE a failure because we have failed. He loves to keep us in torment over our mistakes. He wants us to believe that we will never be enough because of what we have done. The good news is that God says the complete opposite…
“… And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”” John 8:11 (ESV)
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:17 (NIV)
“So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 (NLT)
God won’t write us off
God won’t write us off. He didn’t write David off, even though he was an adulterer and murderer.
He didn’t write Paul off, even though he was a sworn enemy of Jesus and murderer of Christians.
God won’t write YOU off, regardless of your failures!
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