Finding Jesus In the Midst of Failure

07/10/98

“And you shall remember that the Lord your God led you forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not” (Deut. 8:2). The Father humbled the children of Israel and tested them. It was not that Yahweh needed to learn more about them, or get to know them; but they needed to get to know themselves. When we are dull and complacent sometimes in some area of our personal lives, we sin. We live in the flesh. We fail. This failure is intended to cause us to open ourselves to Jesus. Tell Him, “Lord, I do not know anything. I cannot do anything. I just open to you, Lord, to cast down not only the sin, but all of my opinion.” Through dealing with failures in this way, we are brought more and more to Jesus Himself. : ) 9:55 p.m.