Hebrews 5:14. NKJV
The word, 'use', can be recognised better by the word, 'practice'. Solid food is something that we recognise as we become of 'full age', or more mature in God's Word. This is never easy and takes quite a lot of practice. In fact, if we're honest, we never stop practicing to become a more mature Christian, because we mess it up on a regular basis. Failure can come quite easily in a Christian's life; but as we become more mature we learn to deal with it.
Kenneth Copeland says:
'Failure is an acceptable part of success. Don't receive failure; count your attempts as practice. This way you'll succeed.'
In other words, practice makes perfect. Thomas Edison was famous for his many quotations. One that comes to mind here, is:
'I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.'
This was a comment he made many times as he was perfecting the electric light bulb.
Many, many times we determine that we are not going to make the same mistakes again. Instead, we are going to learn by them. We often say things such as, 'I'll never do that again.' But mostly we do and we end up in the depths of despair as we consider ourself a total failure. 'I'll never get it right.' Well you're wrong. You will get it right because God says so:
'being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you, will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.' Philippians 1:6. NKJV
What God is saying to you today is, 'You're not a failure - keep pressing on. Never give up. I will get you there.'
God doesn't make total failures, He creates people who may take some time to get it right and who make many mistakes along the way, but learn by them until they get it right.
So, you're not a failure, but a magnificent work in progress!
Copyright 2020 Grahame Howard
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