Failed Yet Not Finished!
"And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter
remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to
him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three
times.” So Peter went out and wept bitterly."
Luke 22: 61-62
It doesn’t happen often, thankfully, but it does happen:
An employee makes a serious mistake that costs the
company a large amount of money—and then the
employee is let go from his job.
Whatever the reason for the mistake—negligence,
poor judgment, or an honest error—the employer
can’t risk it happening again.
Aren’t you thankful God has a different perspective on failures?
Most of our failures may be small. But the principle of holiness is
that to fail in one thing is like to fail in everything (James 2:10).
If God judged us on our works, none of us
could be saved.
Before he came to understand grace, apostle Peter probably
thought he was finished when he denied knowing Christ three
times. Yet Jesus, after the resurrection, reached to Peter and
embraced him, recommissioning Peter in His service (John 21).
Never forget: We are saved by grace through faith,
not by works. Our salvation, and our ministry, is the
gift of God (Ephesians 2:8-10).
"Remember that failure
is an event, not a person."
Zig Ziglar
