After I posted my devotion online and in Facebook the other day, I started scrolling through looking at what others had posted. I came across the following quote attributed to Charles Spurgeon.
“God uses people who fail—cause there aren’t any other kind around.”
I do not know if Spurgeon actually said that, but it sure hit home no matter who said it first.
We all fail at times. We all fail in earthly endeavors. We all fail in spiritual endeavors. Still, God continues to love us and to use us.
Proverbs 24:16 reminds us that “Though a righteous man falls seven times, he will get up.” [HCSB]
As I look back on my life, I can readily see those moments of failure. There were times when I knew God was asking me to do something and I failed to do it. There were other times when I knew God was telling me not to do something and I did it anyway.
Paul, in Romans 7:13-25 expresses this far more eloquently than I can. As he explores the problem of failure and falling because of the sin resident in our flesh nature, he cries out a question. “Who will rescue me from this dying body.”
Thankfully, Paul answers the question for himself and for us. “I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord…. Therefore, no condemnation now exists for those in Christ Jesus because the Spirit’s law of life in Christ Jesus has set [us] free from the law of sin and of death.” [Romans 7:24-8:2 HCSB]
Yes, thank God for Christ Jesus! Amen.
