• Apr. 4, 2008
Faithful Friday/Getting Back Up Again
"Lord, I have failed you again! I have raised my voice at the children, I have been unkind to my husband..."
Have you ever been at that point in your life like you feel you just cannot get back up and do what must be done each day? Feel Like you have failed miserably and there must be no way God will forgive you AGAIN and definitely no way you can pick yourself up and move on?
Let me assure you, our God is merciful and quick to forgive and forget. When we have asked His forgiveness, we have assurance in His Word that we are forgiven. We must remember to leave whatever it is we have done at His feet and move on trusting Him for a better tomorrow.
Let me leave you with some verses to encourage you that I also find encouraging.
Job 5:19, “He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.”
Psalm 37:23-24, “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.”
Psalm 40:2-3, “He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, and out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.” You don’t have to stay in your pit of despair. Put your hand up to the Lord He will take hold of it and pull you out, no matter how far you have sunk in the mud and the mire. He will do more than that. He will put a new song in your mouth. People will not only see it, they will see the joy on your face.
Proverbs 24:16, “A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.” Is it just the wicked who fall? No. it is the godly also. You don’t have to feel a failure for falling—as long as you get up again! The NLT translates is, “They may trip seven times, and each time they will arise.” Take heart from these words. I want you read them again… “each time they will arise.” Each time you will arise too.
Micah 7:8, “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall I shall arise: when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.”
In Him, Susan
