Life Is About Overcoming

From: The Word For Today - Bob Gass Ministries

1 John 4:4 "Greater is He that is in you, than he who is in the world."

Twice General MacArthur was refused admission to West Point. But the third time he was accepted, and marched into the history books. Rudyard Kipling received a rejection letter from the San Francisco Examiner saying, "Sorry Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language."

After a lifetime of defeats, at aged 65 Winston Churchill became one of Britain's greatest Prime Ministers. Enrico Caruso's music teacher told him he had "no voice at all and couldn't sing." Einstein's schoolteachers described him as, "mentally slow, unsociable and adrift in his foolish dreams." By age 46, Beethoven was completely deaf, yet he wrote five of his greatest symphonies without hearing a note.

Life is about overcoming! You conquer one mountain, then before you know it you're faced with the next - a bigger one. Remember Peter who denied his Lord in a moment of weakness (Matthew 26:34-75), and Jonah who ran from the call of God because he was afraid (Jonah 1:3)?

In every story of victory there are chapters of defeat. But by God's grace you can overcome! That's why the Bible says:"Greater is He that is in you, than he who is in the world." Hudson Taylor said, "Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, thus they attempt very little and they always fail. The real giants have all been weak people who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and His presence to be with them .

"Bottom line: don't worry about failing, worry about what you're going to tell God if you don't even try!