08/26/2026
ANOTHER-ONELINER
ACCEPTING FAILURE AND ALLOWING GOD TO CORRECT AND HEAL
Failure is never final when God is in your life. Failure never has the last word in any situation if God is there.
It has been said that failure is an opportunity to start over more wisely. Perhaps that is correct if one sees and accepts the mistake/s made, seeks to understand why, then seeks to correct.
Many temporary failures stem from an internal issue. An issue that somehow made its way into our life and attached itself to our inner-being, most likely stemming from something that happened long ago, possibly during childhood or passed down by parents or other previous ancestors. These inner problems can hinder or block our success in relationships, careers, spiritual growth, ministry etc. etc. No one is without inner problems; that’s just the way God made people; sinful by original design. Then there is the devil and all his evil works against us.
Perfection is unattainable and God does not expect it of his own. People that present outward perfection, a facade/persona, have given attempt to hide their internal issues and must work constantly to keep everyone from seeing them; they present and try to maintain a fault-free image when in the presence of others. However, when one buries internal problems, healing is delayed or never happens at all. All internal problems must come to the surface and out. They must be seen, first by the one with the problem, then possibly by those that will assist in the removal. Yes, there are times when others will see our internal issues before we do.
It’s also true that many times people touch our internal issues, and they do not even know it; but we know it because we feel it on the inside. Anger or jealousy issues are easily seen and felt while others are more difficult to identify. Further, sometimes the surfacing problem does not look anything like the root cause. Meaning, one might be jealous but why? What internal issue exists within you that causes you to feel jealous in certain situations? It’s not possible to avoid every situation that might bring our internal issues to the surface.
One of the Holy Spirit’s main jobs is to expose sin and all other internal problems. Problems like control, manipulation, pride, fear etc. Again, sometimes he uses other people to expose; this is especially true when our problems affect the lives of others in a negative or hurtful way; then they certainly don’t mind letting us know about our problem and are within their right to do so. Then if we will present and confess our problem to God, he will lead us through the deliverance process.
PLEASE NOTE: By exposing our problems to others, God does not seek to embarrass or belittle us; but we certainly do feel spiritually naked/exposed and possibly judged by what others might think or feel about the problems they see in us. That's totally normal, and something we must press past to get what we need from God.
I realize and you do too, some internal issues are so personal, the only one we dare talk to about it is God.
If you were perfect, you would be the one standing outside looking in, you would be the oddity. The world is filled with problem-filled people. Every person fails or is lacking in one or more areas of life. Some people seem to have it all together in one or two areas but have other areas that desperately need attention. In hiding our problems, we temporarily deceive others; fearing that if we are seen we could be rejected. I suppose no one wants their spiritual nakedness to show. Seemingly, the lost art of group discussion and exposure concerning our problem areas, which ends with prayer and release, is not as popular as it should be.
When God exposes our internal problems it’s the same as if he said, “This is what I want to remove from your life, so you can be more spiritually healthy, more free”.
Forgive yourself, through Christ God has certainly forgiven you.
Farrell Bramlett CCM