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Faith Not Failure
“Now the just shall live by faith” (Hebrews 10:38).
“These all, having obtained a good report through faith” (Hebrews 11:39).
Recently, at a Bible conference in Bergerac, France we considered Hebrews chapter 11. In that chapter we have a tremendous list of men and women and young people from the Old Testament, who triumphed by faith against all kinds of problems, temptations, and the efforts of Satan to get them to give up and spoil their testimony for the Lord. It was so good to dwell on their faith and not their failures. When you read their stories in the Old Testament you realize that they did have failures. But in reading Hebrews 11 you also realize that in spite of it, the Lord used them in wonderful ways, and that, no matter what the failure and discouragement may have been, there was restoration and usefulness and a reward for their faith and faithfulness.
Just so it is with the Lord’s dealings with any one of us. If there has been failure and unfaithfulness in your life, judge it, and continue on in the pathway of faith. Don’t dwell on the negative, but rather on the faithfulness of your Lord, and rejoice in all that He is doing for you in your life.
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