We are not failures - just learners
Date: 10/17/2016 09:23 ... viewed 330 times
God doesn't see us as a failure - just a learner.
Matthew 26:33
"Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee,
yet will I never be offended."
Just like Peter, we are often more confident of ourselves than God is.
Many Christians are devastated when they fail in some area that they thought they
had long since grown past. We need to realize that as long as we are in this mortal body,
we cannot fall asleep at our battle station against the works of the flesh.
If we do, our flesh is just as capable of sin as anyone else's.
If we fall, it should concern us but not surprise us.
We should simply realize with Paul, that "in my flesh dwells no good thing,"
get back into the spirit through confession and forgiveness, and go on with Jesus.
The Lord has never had anyone who was qualified working for Him.
Peter wasn't qualified, and even at our best, neither are we. If we realize that we are nothing and have nothing, then we are prime candidates to be used by God.
Peter went on to become probably the best known of the original twelve apostles.
The Lord used him mightily yet He didn't want him, or us, to forget that it was Christ in Peter and not Peter himself who was great.
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