From Failure to Success: The Correct Way to Deal With Your Past
- cryoutreach
- Oct 29, 2024
- 3 min read
It is easy to move from failure to success when you understand that many great men in the Bible also failed at one time or the other but did not allow their failure to rob them of the God's success.
One of the many reasons you can trust the Bible is the fact that it doesn’t just record the successes of great men but also their failures. This shows us that failure is not the end of life. Great men like Abraham, Moses, David—even the disciples of Jesus and Peter himself—all had their moments. Think about it: failure is often just a setup for a comeback. Every failure or disappointment, if properly addressed, can position or reposition you for astounding success.
If you've experienced failure in the past, remember that's only one side of the story, and a one-sided story isn’t complete. Experiencing one side makes you qualified to experience the other side.
Failure is simply the opposite of success, and nothing in life exists without an opposite. For example, with every mountain, there’s a valley, or have you ever seen a mountain without a valley? Can light shine without darkness around it?
The same way, you can’t have a one-sided coin or a one-sided story. Your story of failure has the potential for the other side, which is success. So, if you’ve experienced failure in the past, it’s time for you to experience the opposite—success.
How do you do this? First, stop focusing on just one side of your story. Stop talking about it and stop dwelling on it. Like a coin, flip it over to the other side; it holds lessons, opportunities, and even victory. There’s victory on the other side. We read several times in the Bible that when Jesus faced failure or disappointment in one place, He would often say, “Let us cross over to the other side.” You can’t stay on one side forever; it’s time to cross over.
Many of us dwell too long in our past failures, and it holds us back from moving forward.
Consider the story of the prophet Samuel and King Saul. When Saul acted outside of his role and was rejected by God, Samuel mourned deeply. One day, God said to Samuel, “When will you stop mourning over Saul, since I have rejected him?” God had moved on, and it was time for Samuel to do the same. Many of us dwell too long in our past failures, and it holds us back from moving forward. Instead of focusing on the past, turn it around and begin to see the other side of possibility.
Start confessing the Word of God over your situation. Think about what is possible, not what isn’t. As Paul says in Philippians 4:8, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, honorable, pure, acceptable, good, commendable, excellent, or praiseworthy—these are the things you should think about.” Not your past failures. The Bible also says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” This means you are what you think, just as you are what you eat, hear, watch, and say.
Stop thinking about past failures. Start confessing and rejoicing in the success of what God is doing now and what He has in store for the future. That is the right way to deal with your past.
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