Never has God used anything or man who did not first come to terms with one truth: he can fail, or more importantly, he has once failed. There are so many humbling aspects to failure. It goes beyond a word. It is actually an avenue to test the human psyche; how we respond in the face of not getting it. Failure could cause pain, disappointment, fear, distrust, anger and even depression. A man who has failed knows just what it is like.
Failure is a bitter taste to swallow. Whether you don't fail often or you have been enduring a recent string of failures, it is still bitter.
A failed man is a broken man. A failing man is so shaky, he needs support to stand. There is never a way to "deal with failure" than through God. You ever been through a point you put your all in something, being so sure it would work? You knew there was a 0.000000000001% chance of failing and yet, you failed! (That thing can pain!) Remember that anger/brokenness you felt? Well, it's a good thing.
If God made it a point to choose to talk to us through saints, we would have had some pretty big belief issues. There is a lesson: I sometimes picture God saying "Now let Me see how you react."
God entrusts us with failure as much as He does with success. Wouldn't you be impressed if you gave a really broke man N5000 to keep for 3 weeks and he didn't touch one kobo? In the same light, God is delighted if you seek His face in failure as you do in success. Our mortality and frailties are actually what emboldens our faith in God through Christ Jesus. The essence of the likes of David (the adulterer), Moses (who had a temper problem), Rahab (a one-time harlot), Elijah (a fearful prophet!) Timothy (a doubter), is to show us that it is not in the fall, though you should not always desire to fall. It is in the reaction after the fall that catches God's attention.
Failure makes you malleable in God's Holy hands. Instead of hate/blame God for the failures of your past, you need to start asking the right questions: Why did I fail? What did you want me to learn? Have I learnt it?! (to be continued)
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