“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” (Psalm 73:26 ESV)

Failure is a part of the fallen “sin” condition

Failure happens to everyone from time to time, and there are great examples of it in the Bible, starting with the failure of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. And that sin has continued to affect everyone in all future generations. There was David’s sin with Bathsheba. And Peter sinned in his denial of Christ, three times, even though he proclaimed passionately that he never would. The Apostle Paul described sin’s effects on him with these words: “For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.” (Rom. 7:19-20 ESV)

Yes, we all do fail from time to time, but we must not allow sin to dominate us!

Each time you fail, get back up!

“For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.” (Prov. 24:16 ESV)

Confess and forsake your sins

“Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.” (Prov. 28:13 ESV)

Therefore

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1 9 ESV)

“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Cor. 12:8-10 ESV)

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (1 Cor. 5:17 ESV)