A SECOND CHANCE
Posted by bucksot on September 1, 2009
Success is not an event. It is a process of ups and downs. Successful people do not become successful from one day to another. Every single successful person in the world has two things in common. #1 – Successful people do not give up in diverse trials. #2 – Successful people, when they fail, keep moving forward.
Successful people do make mistakes and bad decisions. The truth about success is that without failure there would never be success. If we took a poll of how many people have made mistakes, we would find that 100% of all people everywhere have made mistakes.
We all desire to have a second chance. If it were possible many people would want to return to some point in their past and re-live a portion of their life in order to have a second chance. Look at Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Peter and even Paul… Should I continue? – God is a God of the second chance.
Instead of looking in the mirror, look through the pages of the Bible to see an extensive list of the failures and mistakes which human beings are prone to make. No one in the Bible was perfect, but both their failures and mistakes made them the greats of the greats throughout history. Before you ever think of throwing in the towel in life, understand that God is the God of a second chance.
“Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time.” In Jonah 3:1, God gave Jonah a second chance. Like Jonah, we each want to control our own destinies. God has called us to do something and go somewhere in a certain way and according to a particular plan. Unfortunately, like most of us, we have chosen to do things our own way. That is why we need the grace of the God of a second chance.
It does not matter where you have come from, or what you may be facing in your life. God has not finished with you. It is time for you to open your eyes, and realize that God has plans that are greater than you could ever imagine. Live beyond the impossible. Reach higher than the unreachable. Your life is a miracle and God is working on your behalf.
God’s Grace Upon You,
Dr. Andrew & Tiffany Bucksot
