When It Looks like You've Failed

"And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided Him, saying, He saved others; let Him save Himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God." - Luke 23:35

When Jesus hung and died on the cross He looked like He had failed in His mission. One of His disciples had betrayed Him while the others (except John) hid in fear. No one could be found to speak up for His innocence, no one came forward to testify of the healing they and their loved one received at His touch. There were women weeping at the foot of the cross, believing their hope was lost, and injustice had scored another victory. It's all over His followers thought; the time, monies, travels, everything they invested in Jesus and His ministry was a loss.

That's what it looked like, but that's not what it was! What looked like failure to the carnal eye was actually Success! The cross was the means by which the Success of His ministry came.

AS LEADERS IN THE MAKING there will be times when after you've followed the instructions of the Holy Spirit, gone where you were sent, did what you were prompted to do; your mission will look like failure. Your bank account may be empty, friends will become few and there will be none to encourage you. Everything will look like a loss.

Remember, what looks like failure to the carnal eye is success to the spiritual eye. Apostle Paul said God took the foolishness (what looked like failure) of the cross to confound the wise (Greeks: great thinkers and learners of men), and confuse the Jews (a stumbling block). Why? So no flesh (including you and I) should glory in His presence (1 Corinthians 1:17-29).

TO GOD IS THE GLORY!