You Are Not A Failure
Friday, January 26, 2024Key Verse
“Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.” Psalms 37:24
Text — Psalms 37:23,24
Message
You are created in the image of the Almighty God, so you are not a failure or useless.
Notwithstanding what anybody feels or thinks about you or your situation, you are of great value and priceless. There may be moments of temptation and setback, these do not make you a “failure.” Such situations only make you go through learning and growing process. Just like a baby learning to walk, there will be times of stumbling and falling down, but does that make the baby a failure? No! A baby does not give up thinking that he can never master the growth process of walking, but will keep on trying and every day getting better.
God does not see you on the path of failure. You are created with potentials to succeed in life. Failure teaches us to be strong and courageous. Someone said, “Our greatest glory is not in falling, but in rising up every time we fall.” Failure should make us to dig deeper, find that inner strength to keep pushing forward. It gets you through the worst of times and makes you rely and rest on God.
Further Reading
Genesis 1:26-28
Prayer for today
God, help me not to give up in life, but to keep trying until I achieve Your purpose for my life.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
