Failure, Need, Adversity

2023-01-31

Failure, need, and adversity generate growth in the faith. How many times do we see the godly prosper and they immediately fall down? When Israel was blessed, it was written of them, “But Jeshurun waxed fat... then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation” (Deuteronomy 32:15). Concerning Uzziah, “But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction” (2 Chronicles 26:16).

George Mueller said, “Trials, obstacles, difficulties and sometimes defeats, are the very food of faith.”

Nobody wants to hear it when their hour of trial has come, but those things create in us a need for the Savior. Let us recognize our need for the Lord.