Permission to Fail
He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust (Psalm 103:14) Did you hear about the young pastor who received the same telephone call every week? Early Monday mornings his phone would ring and a deep mellow voice at the other end would say, “Hello. This is God. I just called to tell you that today you have my permission to fail.” The caller wasn’t God, of course, but an older pastor who was aware of the unrealistic demands his young colleague made on himself, and was reminding him that God does not expect His children to be perfect. We know from Scripture that this is true, but does God actually condone failure? The question intrigued me, and as I began to search His Word, I was surprised to find much evidence that in some matters, God does grant us permission to fail. Here are a few of the ones I found: God grants us … …permission to fail to have all the answers : Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own...