FIRST ATTEMPT IN LEARNING

A couple of Sundays ago I did a post about letting FEAR control your life. I was amazed at the responses that came from that post. It led me to believe that we all have fears and we let them get the best of us. One of the fears that I mentioned was the fear of failing. Patti, a blog reader and friend, commented that she had read somewhere that f.a.i.l. simply stood for the first attempt in learning. I loved this analogy but it got to me thinking about how much we let this keep us from achieving our potential.

I recently started reading another devotional by Mark Batterson called, Chase The Lion. When someone recommended this book to me I was intrigued but when I found out that it was by Mark Batterson I immediately downloaded it to my laptop. His books are so inspiring in a “get up off of your butt and do something” kind of way. So far this book has not disappointed me.

In the first couple of chapters, he talks about Orville and Wilbur Wright. Orville had become sick and was stuck in bed for a long period of time. Wilbur read to Orville while he was sick and the book he chose was the mechanism of bird flight. Wilbur had become interested in the how of flight and he was passing on this interest to Orville. I can not even begin to imagine how they even thought it was possible for a man to fly but I am glad they didn’t let the impossible get in the way of the possible.

They had a dream. A dream that most of us would have told them was silly and would never happen. They had a dream and in spite of no real knowledge or experience, they persevered. They were not afraid to fail which was a good thing because they failed a lot. The failed so many times I am sure they probably lost count. But one day in 1903, for all of 12 seconds, the little airplane took flight.

What if they hadn’t dreamed? What if they had been afraid to fail? The same holds true of Christopher Columbus, and many others who chased their dreams in spite of the failures that would come. I know the Lord has great things in store for you and me. I know He wants us to step outside of our comfort zones and try new things. I also know that we will have failures but the ones who learn from those failures are the ones who learn to fly.

Do you have a dream? Have you let fear or apathy keep you from achieving what you were created for?

Ephesians 2:10 says,

For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

What has God prepared you for? Do not stop dreaming, do not stop trying, and do not stop failing. First Attempt In Learning.

Have A Blessed Day!