I have been pondering this question:
Do I have enough faith to fail?
In this life, people are evaluated on their ability to accomplish great things. Some fail and some succeed, but even those that have great accomplishments are not satisfied for long. There is always a thirst for even more.
Our desire to fulfill the purpose of our lives IS a gift from God, but sin has twisted us so dramatically that we put ourselves on the pedestal and our desire for purpose is really a self centered lust for a trophy in our honor.
But when we come to Christ, all of that should change. We should embrace a spiritual philosophy that sits counter to the ways of the world. Contrary to the prosperity gospel, success for the believer, should be opposite of that of the world.
Luke 9:24 says, "For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."
When Jesus died, it seemed He was a discredited, rejected failure while the wealthy and successful ordered Him to the cross. It took three days to show them that the magnificent Creator was the victorious one and the governor had utterly failed.
Have we still not learned any lessons? Does the "church" measure success according to man or God?
It has been said that no man is worthy to succeed until he is willing to fail.
Our exceeding joy is to be found in being just like Jesus was and is.
One day Jesus will show all who won and who lost.
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