"Bound to Failure"

"Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down and there was none to help."
(Psalms 107:12)

 Personally, I like to think that it is good for us to feel a little pressure and hardship; at least enough to keep us counting on the Lord for help. There is something being taught here about the way the Father will make us depend upon Him; it is a lot like we might do, telling our kids how to do something, and when they won't listen, we let them fail trying to do it their own way. It is really not that hard to see how God allows us to experience failure, He does so that we might figure out He knows best. I have written in my Bible after this verse, "They try all else;" which informs me that there is more to this statement, like, "Then." Isn't it silly to avoid doing it God's way, until you have ran out of every other option and find that no one is able to help you? There is only one reason for this to take place, much like the kid that does not want to live by the household rules of their parents, they leave home and try to make it on their own; so too, we might not agree with something the Lord wants us to do, so we will try and make it happen on our own; whatever it is, a marriage, a business, a way of life; even something as simple as a new relationship. Whatever it is, we are not bound to failure, not if we turn everything over to God. We can make some of the biggest messes of almost every situation or endeavor, but God can take any mess we make and turn it into something beautiful. But it is going to require that we surrender completely to the Lord! Surrender is not something that comes easy, so if you think that it is, then you have not yet experienced complete surrender. As a matter of fact, failure is as much a part to surrender as anything else. It is not untill we have come to the end of our own resources and options, that we can totally see that there is no one else but God to help us. Maybe then we can learn a lesson about listening and following God's instructions; and again, maybe not...

""A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living. About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and be began to starve. He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into the fields to feed pigs. The young man became so hungry that eve the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything. "When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, 'At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger! I will go home to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant."" (Luke 15:13-19) NLT