Never Fails

1 Corinthians 13:8a Love never fails

I fail all the time; does that mean I do not have the love of God in my heart?

No not at all. Failure is about faithfulness. In the parable of the talents we learned that we are only faithful in a few things, yet we are declared good and faithful servants. Ref. Matthew 25:21

If we have been only faithful in a few things how is it that we could be declared faithful?

Because He is talking about the abiding love that never fails.

Who is faithful?

1 Thessalonians 5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.

Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

He who abides in you is faithful. His abiding love, is faithful. His love never fails.

We are not that love, we are the loved.

So many times we look at ourselves as failing God and forget that He is more powerful than our failings. God has never failed us, nor His Word, nor His will and we are powerless to change any of that.

We beat ourselves up for our unfaithfulness and never seem to grasp the deeper issue. His love is at work in us in those very moments, if we will but respond to Him by rededication, renewal of purpose and not allow our mistakes to stop us from trying again.

Get over it and get on with it.

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