Don’t Believe The Lies That Failure Suggests

A teacher told him that he was too stupid to learn anything and that he should go into a field where he could succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality – who was he? Thomas Edison.

They were turned down by a recording studio because the executives didn’t like their sound and went on to inform them that guitar music is on the way out – who were they? The Beatles.

When he didn’t make the varsity basketball team in 10^th grade he went home, locked himself in his room and cried – who was he? Michael Jordan.

He was fired from the newspaper because they said he lacked imagination and he had no original ideas – who was he? Walt Disney.

Friends, no genuinely successful person succeeds without suffering some failures; getting knocked down a few times. The key is found in how you respond. If you’re a believer in Christ the good news is that you have the Creator of the universe on your side!

The bible says, “Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.” These are the hidden dreams that you haven’t told anybody about. And one way you know they’re from God is that they’re so big that you can’t accomplish them on your own.

God does this on purpose so that it will take faith. Faith is what pleases God. Faith is what allows Him to do the impossible. So God will put something big before you, where you don’t have all the talent, the education, the connections or the confidence. God will even allow certain obstacles that we can’t overcome on our own. But take heart because He says He will never leave you nor forsake you! He also says that what He’s placed in your heart, He will not stop until it’s completed.

Today, if you’ve been believing God for something but it seems like everywhere you turn there’s an obstacle, a setback, a negative word – don’t give up! Remember, God knows exactly where you are. He knows the desires He’s placed within you. He’s promised to work things together for your good. He’s promised to finish what He started. As you delight yourself in Him, He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart!