OVERCOMING FAILURE-1

This subject title may sound funny and even like a misnomer to someone reading this article. You may begin to wonder, how can someone who has failed talk about overcoming failure when he has failed already? I mean if he or she has failed, then that person has failed, so what do you mean again by overcoming failure, does it really make sense? It sure does make sense because the only one that has truly failed, is that person who is either dead and gone to hell, or has left this physical realm of being and cannot come back here to try again, and probably never laid any foundation, so that others can accomplish his vision/mission, when he is gone.
What is failure, or what does it mean to fail? Simply put, failure means to be unsuccessful in or at something. It means not to achieve something as planned, or to make a mark that is short of what is expected.
What then does it mean to fall, because for the purpose of this discussion, the words fail and fall shall be used as if they mean the same thing because both refer to a downward movement for the individual or group concerned or missing the mark.
Therefore we take the definition of the word fall, which means to move downward from a higher position, or to drop, or to be lowered. It means to come down suddenly from an upright position.
Is it possible for a Christian or a child of God to fail, I mean a Holy Ghost filled and tongue talking believer to fail? At this point, I will not use my brain or sense of judgment or knowledge alone , you know the answer already. Let us get to the Bible which is the highest authority. In Proverb chapter 24 and verse 16 we read as follows:
24:16 “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief”.
This is coming from the King James Version of the Bible, and it clearly tells us that a just man or a righteous man could fail to accomplish his goals seven times, or fail in his mission seven times, or fall short of the mark seven times, but he will ultimately accomplish his mission.
Let us look at the same scripture in the New King James version of the Bible.
24:16 “For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity”.
This scripture I believe spells it out a bit more clearly. The righteous man may fall seven times, which means that he does not necessarily have to allow himself to fall, when he can help it or prevent it, if he really has the power. On the hand, if he falls, we don’t need to go around looking for the news media to advertise it and say, please come and see the strangest thing that has ever happened in this World. This man or woman or boy or girl, who is supposedly a Christian, a righteous person, justified by faith, has failed, or has fallen.
There are many ways and many areas in which a man or a woman can fail in life, the same for a boy or girl or child, failure is a universal problem that knows no boundaries. You can fail your own self when you fail to achieve the goals that you have set for your own self such as an academic examination, you can fail God, when you sin against Him, and you can equally fail people, when you disappoint them or hurt them or sin against them. You can fail your family, your children, your organization, your friends, the church and so and so forth.
Thus in life we have business failures, marriage failures, academic failures, failures in ministry, failures in government who have wrecked the economies of their nations, failures in science or the scientific world who have propounded fake theories and theorems that have proven to be false and have led people astray. If I may repeat it again, failure is a Universal problem, and can never go away until Jesus returns. The only time I believe that there will be no more failures in this World will be during the millennial reign of Christ when he would have made all things perfect.
In the book of Romans chapter 3 and verse 23, we read as follows:
3:23 “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”.
This clearly tells us that all have failed already, all have missed the mark, and all have sinned. There is therefore now no need to judge and condemn others, there is therefore now no need to advertise the mistakes or the errors of someone else. Instead of that the Bible tells us to lift up the weak hands and to strengthen the feeble knees.
It is pertinent to understand that failure is not an event, and that for a Christian, failure can never be the end or the final conclusion of the matter, because the righteous man does not just fall seven times, but rises up all the time.
In the Book of Proverbs again, chapter 23 and verse 18 we read:
23:18 “For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off”.
This scripture tells us that there is an end, and that the expectation of the righteous man, shall not be cut off.
Again in Psalm chapter 37 and verse 37, we read a very true and heartwarming promise as well as revelation from God.
Psalm 37 “Mark the blameless man, and the upright; For the future of that man is peace”.