And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter" (Ruth 2:2).
Life is a motion. Elementary geography teaches that the earth in which God almighty has positioned us is in constant motion, orbiting the sun. Life, I repeat, is a motion, and that is why we have an inborn desire to continually make progress. Today, I hear the Lord say, "Move on". And so, dear friends, I announce to you in the name of the Lord, it's time for you to move on. Move to the next level of grace, blessings and success.
But in your attempt to move on, a number of things will also try to tie you down. The first of such is a past failure. Naomi, the widow of Elimelech had returned to Bethlehem from a failed sojourn in the land of Moab. She was so devastated by her failure that she lost the zest for living. But Ruth, her daughter in law who came with her felt that they should not allow a failed past to deny them of a great future. She convinced Naomi it was time to go on. If you will attain your goals in life and become all that God has purposed you to be, you should never allow failure to hold you down. You must move on in the power of the Lord, away from past failures.
I need you to understand that failure is just a classroom to teach you a few lessons on how not to do a particular thing. Thomas Edison, we are told conducted experiments a thousand times before he succeeded in the invention of the electric bulb. Someone asked him what was going through his mind the 999 times he failed in his experimentations. His response was that there was not one point that he failed. He had only learnt 999 ways in which electric bulbs could not be made. That is quite profound.
I want you to know that every living must attend the classroom of failure at several points in the journey of life. There is no one on earth who has not failed in one thing or another. But like every other classroom, nobody should live in the classroom of failure. Thomas Edison refused to make that classroom his permanent abode. He kept moving on. Ruth refused to stay in the classroom of failure. She moved on and grace found her. Please don't settle down to live in the classroom of failure. Learn your lessons and get out - as fast as you can. Move on. Grace is awaiting you out there.
My dearly beloved, failure is never final. It is no more than a comma, a temporary pause in the sentence of your destiny. Don't ever put a period where God has allowed a pause. Don't allow anyone to write you off. And if they have already written you off, pick up the pen of your life and rewrite your future. That pen, my friend, is in your hand and not under the control of another. With the God of all grace on your side, you are unstoppable.
Life is a motion. Elementary geography teaches that the earth in which God almighty has positioned us is in constant motion, orbiting the sun. Life, I repeat, is a motion, and that is why we have an inborn desire to continually make progress. Today, I hear the Lord say, "Move on". And so, dear friends, I announce to you in the name of the Lord, it's time for you to move on. Move to the next level of grace, blessings and success.
But in your attempt to move on, a number of things will also try to tie you down. The first of such is a past failure. Naomi, the widow of Elimelech had returned to Bethlehem from a failed sojourn in the land of Moab. She was so devastated by her failure that she lost the zest for living. But Ruth, her daughter in law who came with her felt that they should not allow a failed past to deny them of a great future. She convinced Naomi it was time to go on. If you will attain your goals in life and become all that God has purposed you to be, you should never allow failure to hold you down. You must move on in the power of the Lord, away from past failures.
I need you to understand that failure is just a classroom to teach you a few lessons on how not to do a particular thing. Thomas Edison, we are told conducted experiments a thousand times before he succeeded in the invention of the electric bulb. Someone asked him what was going through his mind the 999 times he failed in his experimentations. His response was that there was not one point that he failed. He had only learnt 999 ways in which electric bulbs could not be made. That is quite profound.
I want you to know that every living must attend the classroom of failure at several points in the journey of life. There is no one on earth who has not failed in one thing or another. But like every other classroom, nobody should live in the classroom of failure. Thomas Edison refused to make that classroom his permanent abode. He kept moving on. Ruth refused to stay in the classroom of failure. She moved on and grace found her. Please don't settle down to live in the classroom of failure. Learn your lessons and get out - as fast as you can. Move on. Grace is awaiting you out there.
My dearly beloved, failure is never final. It is no more than a comma, a temporary pause in the sentence of your destiny. Don't ever put a period where God has allowed a pause. Don't allow anyone to write you off. And if they have already written you off, pick up the pen of your life and rewrite your future. That pen, my friend, is in your hand and not under the control of another. With the God of all grace on your side, you are unstoppable.
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