Can you believe the belief of the people who had been successful because of failures? You may hear them say that failing is not actually a failure per se but it does mean success. They will persuasively recommends that you just keep going with your business even when you are already at the brink of bankruptcy. Keep venturing because failing is just a normanl thing in every aspirant. Well, I myself join them with this advocate. A passage in the Bible will support this matter:

All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader…. - 1 Samuel 22:2

Many times I have heard teachings that will tell us that God uses broken things to accomplish His greatest work not only in a single person’s life but in many people’s lives. If we know the story of David, we will believe this news. When David was anointed to be the next king, he was only a boy, the youngest among all his brothers who could only do little things. Little did he know that the next several years would be years of fleeing from Saul. King Saul was then having an obsessions as a leader who had fallen from God’s anointing. The King’s obsession had caused anger towards David which had made the latter to live like a fugitive. David was the next king and he could be thinking that he must not flee from Saul. Yet, David’s life was filled with adversity after adversity before he ever fulfilled the ultimate calling God had for him- to be the next king of Israel. Others began to hear of David’s successes and identify with his plight. Who you think would be joining him? Surprisingly, it was “those who were in distress or in debt or discontented” who would be part of his army! His army would become known throughout the world as the greatest ever assembled, not because of their skill, but because of the God behind the army. God turned David’s men into “mighty men of valor” (see 1 Chron. 11:10). What an irony! The discontented had been turned into being a mighty men of valor!

We must learn that God often uses failure to make us useful. When Jesus called the disciples, He did not go out and find the most qualified and successful people. He actually had found the most willing, and He found them in the workplace. He found a fisherman, a tax collector, and a farmer.

Failure is definitely a part of maturing in God. We need to understand that failing does not make us failures. It makes us experienced. It makes us more prepared to be useful in God’s Kingdom — if we have learned from it. And that is the most important ingredient for what God wants in His children. What a great iropny?! Failure will eventually lead us to success.