Savage2Saint Sobriety Sept 29, 2025

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - Psalm 73:26 (NIV).

Failure comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes our failures are in the form of not measuring up in the eyes of our loved ones and other times it's simply not living up to the expectations we set for ourselves. Sometimes failure is very public and on display for the whole world to see, while other times it comes when no one sees it but us, and now we have it playing on a loop over and over again in our minds.

We hear terms like "failure is not an option" but what about the times when we didn't exactly see a lot of options to choose from. Regardless of the magnitude of our failures, we do have options in the aftermath: we can lay in our failures, or we can get back up and dust ourselves off. Our fleshly nature tends to make us want to lay in the bed we've made, but when we've made Jesus the Lord of our lives, we are no longer living our lives by the fleshly standards we are born with, but instead, we are living by the Spirit that lives within us.

The Holy Spirit won't let us lay in a pit of shame, wallowing in our misery. No matter how bad we want to dwell on our failures, the Holy Spirit is there reminding us that failing is part of life. The Holy Spirit will encourage us and remind us that our flesh is weak, and it's in our weaknesses and failures that we find God's strength to get back up and persevere.

Never let success go to your head and never let failure go to your heart. If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. - 1 John 3:20 (NIV). Coming back after a failure can be one of the most difficult things we ever do. Our flesh and our heart are going to fail us at some point, but when we surrender all of our failures and setbacks to the One ordering our steps, He will make us successful in everything we do. God Bless!