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Topic:
God And Failure
We fail. Sometimes, we fail miserably. At times, even the most successful person
fails miserably. Everyone must confront failure. For example, Adam and Eve
failed miserably. Adam and Eve did not respect God or respect His love
enough.
Adam and Eve did not believe in Him or trust Him enough. Because God
created Adam and Eve with the ability to think for themselves…they
failed. The record of all mankind is a demonstration of man's failure to
come to God as His fallen children.
As Christ rode into Jerusalem He knew His sacrifice was only going to
touch a small remnant of humanity. In terms of just the numbers of people
He would reach, His sacrifice could be considered a failure in worldly
terms. It would have been humanly reasonable for Him to hope only for a
little more time to reach others. It would have been humanly reasonable
for Him to want to do a little more work, and to exert a little more
effort in hopes of reaching still others who were lost. At the moment of
His death, world-wide conditions upon the earth were pretty much the same as they were at the time of His
birth.
As Christians, today we are only a remnant. We are only a small band of
believers. Today we face a world of torment, death, sickness, disease,
poverty, war, and the rejection of God at nearly every turn. Failure to
turn things around is apparent. What do we do when things fail? What do we
do when there is no hope? What we are supposed to do is glorify God by
trying to live as God's Son taught us to live. What we are to do is come
back against failure.
If these words have been a blessing, please forward them
to a friend.
These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites
called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.findthepower.com/wisdomminute
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