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Fear of failure. It's haunted
all of us at some time in our lives. Popular psychology tells us to
adjust to it. But the Word of God tells us that there is a failure-proof
way to live without it. It is the way of love.
If you want to
know real success, you must learn to be moved and motivated by love.
That's how Jesus was when He was on the earth.
Even when John the
Baptist was senselessly, brutally murdered and Jesus went away to be
alone, He didn't deviate from the way of love. For Matthew 14:6-14 says
that even then in that emotionally taxing time when the people followed
Him and would give Him no solitude, He was moved with compassion and
healed their sick.
I used to wonder how Jesus could just turn away from that terrible crime and not retaliate. What I didn't realize was that He did retaliate.
He overcame the works of Satan with compassion. He defeated hatred with
love. He attacked Satan in the spirit realm by destroying his works of
sickness and disease.
Compassion doesn't strike at the surface of things. It goes to the root of the problem. That's why it always succeeds.
"But wait!" you may say. "I can't operate like that. I'm not Jesus."
Yes
you can, because the Word of God says that His love has been shed
abroad in your heart! (Rom. 5:5). And 1 John 2:5 says His love is
perfected in you as you keep His Word.
Commit to living the life of love today. Watch God turn failure into success at home, at work...in any situation. Love never fails!
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