Would you consider Moses a failure? Hardly! He was to Israel what
Washington and Lincoln together were to America—and much more. But look
closely at the great lawgiver's life. His career began with a murder,
followed by forty years of hiding from justice.
Moses was a man of fear and unbelief. When God called him to lead the
Israelites out of slavery, he pleaded, "I am not eloquent . . . I am
slow of speech” (Exodus 4:10). All his life, Moses longed to enter the
Promised Land, but his failures kept him out. Even so, in Hebrews 3:1-2,
God compares Moses' faithfulness to Christ's. Moses’ failures did not
keep him out of God's Hall of Champions.
We usually think of Jacob as the great prayer warrior who wrestled
with the angel of the Lord and prevailed. Yet this man's life was filled
with glaring failure. As a youth Jacob deceived his blind father in
order to steal his brother's inheritance. He despised his wife Leah
while he nursed a great secret love for her sister, Rachel. He did not
accept his responsibility as a husband.
Here was a man caught in a web of trickery, theft, unfaithfulness and
polygamy. Nevertheless, we still worship the God of Abraham, of Isaac
and of Jacob.
King David, a mighty warrior and singer of psalms, delighted in the
law of the Lord and posed as the righteous man who would not stand among
sinners. Yet, how shocking are the weaknesses of this great man. Taking
Bathsheba from her husband Uriah, he sent that unsuspecting man to
death at the front lines of his army. The prophet Nathan declared that
this double sin gave great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to
blaspheme.
Picture the great king standing by the casket of his dead
illegitimate child, a stolen wife at his side, and a world filled with
enemies who cursed God because of his notorious sins. Yet, God called
David a man after His own heart (1 Samuel 13:14).
If you are discouraged by your failures, I have good news for you. No
one is closer to the kingdom of God than the man or woman who can look
defeat in the eye, face it, and move on to a life of peace and victory.
Despite failure, keep moving on! It is often after a failure that a man
does his greatest work for God.
3 comments:
Sir I think the up and coming prophetic movement is going to be offensive to many unbelievers and believers as even to leaders. I remember as I was lead around ohio many times is ought the Lord sometimes I would hear a leader didn't understand other times. They where a little fearful as demonic warfare is real.But many times as to the leaders I have met they want revival their way and the variables in their hand and their saintly ministers. You are right in a great degree the Prophets have been shut down. This worries me greatly because even a revival. without active Apostles and Prophets not progressing in the whole council of GodsWord.Many leaders not teaching or understanding foundational doctorines and moving in a purely natural manner The only thing I can say is pray that God will judge His house. Because many professing beleivers don't need double the people they need God. I don't say this in a haughty way but you can bet if God begins to move in revival now The Spiritual warfare and occult activety may double and most churches can't see or deal with it now it may cause great losses and more religion.
A sure word on failures if one can see it
Does failures from its book said ever real live any committee to over charger from to reader digest instead of door to door a form the pharse usages. Does those booklet ever explaining to out world author the end part are these issued date in a bible?
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