Failing With a Purpose
I’ve been sitting on this for a while but maybe there’s someone out there that needs to hear it.
As I sat listening to the Easter message last week a verse that was quoted struck something inside of me. The verse was Romans 3:23 - for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. A very simple and straight forward verse but so very true. We all sin, we all struggle, we all fall.
What struck me though was all the other applications that this verse had in our lives. What more specific areas can we use it? These for me came to mind.
🔹For all have acted selfishly and fallen short of putting others first.
🔹For all spouses have allowed the world’s distractions to create a wedge between themselves and their partner.
🔹For all parents have lost patience and fallen short of giving the love and attention that they should to their kids.
🔹For all fight the same struggles every single day and fallen short of asking for the help that’s needed.
🔹For all firefighters have become complacent and fallen short of the commitment to stay ready to serve.
I sat there in that service saddened by the areas in my life that I have struggled with over and over again. Areas of my life that I want to do so good in such as being a good parent and spouse, yet I struggle the most at. I feel like everyday I see how I should’ve done better and at the end of most of those nights I feel like a complete failure. The worst part however is that the next day I seem to find ways to do the same things over and over again.
I have failed more than my share in every aspect of life but the great thing is that failure isn’t his plan for us. Hope is always there if you have faith and you can see that in the verses before and after Romans 3:23.
Romans 3:22-24 22This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Everyday I wake up I want to be a great husband, a great father, a great leader, and a great follower of God but the reality is most days I fall pitifully short in all areas but I will not stop. I will not stop trying, I will not stop fighting to be better because they deserve better.
This however is not a fight I will win alone, I constantly need to be seeking help if I am to make improvements towards my goals. I need to learn to let more go and reach out more to my wife, my friends, my family, and my God for help. We all want to do better and better. That is the purpose we were created for but we can’t do it alone. But it can be done!!!
Iron Sharpens Iron - Pursue God’s Purpose
