Don't be afraid of failure

David Wilkerson Today

MONDAY, JUNE 13, 2011

DON’T BE AFRAID OF FAILURE
by David Wilkerson

When Adam sinned, he tried to hide from God. When Peter denied Christ, he was
afraid to face him. When Jonah refused to preach to Nineveh, his fear drove him
into the ocean, to flee the presence of the Lord.

Something much worse than failure is the fear that goes with it. Adam, Jonah,
and Peter ran away from God, not because they lost their love for him, but
because they were afraid he was too angry with them to understand.

The accuser of the brethren waits, like a vulture, for you to fail in some way.
Then he uses every lie in hell to make you give up, to convince you that God is
too holy or you are too sinful to come back. Or he makes you afraid you are not
perfect enough or that you will never rise above your failure.

It took forty years to get the fear out of Moses and to make him usable in
God’s program. If Moses or Jacob or David had resigned himself to failure, we
might never again have heard of these men. Yet Moses rose up again to become one
of God’s greatest heroes. Jacob faced his sins, was reunited with the brother
he had cheated, and reached new heights of victory. David ran into the house of
God, found forgiveness and peace, and returned to his finest hour. Jonah
retraced his steps, did what he had refused to do at first and brought a whole
city to repentance. Peter rose out of the ashes of denial to lead a church to
Pentecost.

In 1958, I sat in my little car weeping; I was a terrible failure, I thought. I
had been unceremoniously dumped from a courtroom after I thought I was led by
God to witness to seven teenage murderers. My attempt to obey God and to help
those young hoodlums looked as though it were ending in horrible failure.

I shudder to think of how much blessing I would have missed if I had given up
in that dark hour. How glad I am today that God taught me to face my failure
and go on to his next step for me.




Read this devotion online: http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/13696


Pulpit Series Newsletters
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The Greatness of Our God, 05.09.11
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Seizing Your God Story, 04.18.11
http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/coverletter/2011/seizing-your-god-story

The Only Way to Become Holy, 03.28.11
http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/coverletter/2011/the-only-way-to-become-holy


Sermons By David Wilkerson
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An Eclipse of Faith, 01.06.08
http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/2387

The Lord's Loving Response to Grief, 10.25.09
http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/sermons/david_wilkerson/lords_loving_response_to_grief

Getting Ready for the End of All Things, 08.03.08
http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/5022



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