I Failed Into Success

 

Do you know that the quest to succeed today is so demanding? And because of this demand, many people are afraid of starting something new for fear of failure. They prefer to sit and watch other people play the game of life while standing as commentators or spectators. Isn't that ridiculous?

 

Failure is the institution that graduates one into success. Unfortunately, many people are ignorant of this truth. This is because people are not sincere or honest about their commitments to life issues or simply not seriously being deliberate about what they do. If you belong to this group then hang on for a while.

 

I learn this great secret from the Bible and I Failed Into Success. Proverbs 24:16 says, "No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked." GNT

The passage of the Scripture we are considering says something profound that we cannot ignore. HONESTY. As long as you are HONEST about an area of life that you want to succeed in, you will fail while trying to become free in that area but at the end of the day you will surely SUCCEED. The following are some of the things that can turn failure into success in your life.

 

WHY I FAILED INTO SUCCESS

1. FAILURE IS A SCHOOL: As a school, you must learn from all the steps that you actively engaged yourself in and find reasons why the steps did not help at first. This will help you pay close attention to what you are doing so that you do not repeat the cycle of failure. The more you learn from your failure, the better you are at succeeding in all spheres of life.
2. FAILURE NEEDS HONEST PEOPLE: When you are honest, you will accept the truth about your current situation and tell yourself that you can try again and do it better. I believe that an honest person will not take failure for a defeat but as a stepping stone.
3. FAILURE HUMBLES PEOPLE: The humility failure brings our way is to inform us that we are not yet as good as we suppose to be. It tells us that getting to the top in the particular area of life requires hard work, commitment and dedication to the cause at which we are pursuing. It also positions us to learn from others so that we will not be full of ourselves.
4. FAILURE PUSHES PEOPLE TO THE BRINK: Failure can also take us to breaking points, stretching and sucking out all the juices in us. This is so because you must decide to continue or not to do anything at all. Those who persevere will eventually get results.
5. FAILURE BUILDS RISK: One good thing failure does to us is that it builds our risk taking ability. An African proverb says that, "He who is on the ground need no fear of fall". If a situation knocked you down, you are down so just brace up and face the situation squarely. Apart from this, the lesson here is that risk is worth taking even if you failed in the process you did not fail but learn something new.
6. FAILURE CONQUERS FEAR: The greatest reason why people don't venture into things is the fear of failure. But if you are not afraid of failure, you will use failure as a learning tool to overcome fear.

 

The thing about failure is not as dreadful as we thing. It just informs us that something was omitted in the process. Once you find the missing piece, you can solve the puzzle. Thomas Edison said "I failed my way to success". He tried several times to come up with the electric bulb and failed until he succeeded.

 

So the righteous will fall even seven times and rise again seven times. Today, I charged you to embrace failure as a learning institution that will bring out the best in you.

I AM WITH YOU

      

  

   In the film Shawshank Redemption, an old man named Brooks was released from the prison and had difficulties because of loneliness. He had lived most of his life in the prison to the extent that he couldn’t connect with the reality of life after his jail term. He hung himself after gaining freedom from the prison. Nothing is good as knowing that you are not alone. When you are alone and lonely you put yourself in danger especially when you are depressed or disappointed. This is why today’s lesson is important. The Lord is saying “I am with you”.

Haggai 1:13-14

Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, spoke the Lord's message to the people, saying,"I am with you, says the Lord." So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God NKJV

THINGS TO BENEFIT WHEN THE LORD IS WITH YOU

1.      IDENTITY: God identifies you as his very own child, so your identity is his image in you. You are not an alien or a bastard but you are a legitimate son. What makes one an heir is the blood that runs through you. His blood purchased you. God identified with his people before he sent prophet Haggai to them.

2.      DESTINY HELPERS: God will send destiny helpers to put you through the path to which he will lead you. Haggai was the destiny helper for the people of Judah. He set them on the path of the Lord so that his spirit will energize them.

3.      STIR YOUR SPIRIT: The Lord will stir you up so that your spirit will be lifted high to live a purposeful life. It is called passion or in proper terms obsession to a call. Once you are obsessed with purpose nothing can stop you until you have achieved that purpose the way it was meant for.

4.      WORK: This is the practical application of the three above. God gives you an identity, sends destiny helpers, and stir up your spirit with purpose, passion and obsession to work. The work is according to his specifications that is why you are first his child. His spirit carries the manual that leads to do an excellent job. However, you must stand up and work hard enough to see the plans come through for you.

CONCLUSION

It feels good to know that God is with you. I have been richly blessed by this topic because the Lord is with me. May you find rest and comfort in the Lord when faced with life’s challenges. I can still hear him say “I am with you”.