Failure is not an option - part II

In the previous post, I shared some of the story of Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director for the Apollo 13 mission (Houston we have a problem, and all that).

For the mission specialists and engineers working to save those astronauts, failure simply as not an option.

Have you ever considered that Failure is not an option for Christians either?  Not that we have to work hard to avoid it- but rather that failure is not one of the options God will permit for us.

Look at some scriptures:

the LORD was with him [Joseph] and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did Gen 39:3 NIV

Carefully follow the terms of this covenant, so that you may prosper in everything you do. [said Moses] Deut 29:9 NIV

Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the LORD gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged. [Said David to his son Solomon] 1 Ch 22:13 NIV

As long as he [Uzziah King of Judah] sought the LORD, God gave him success. 2 Ch 26:5 NIV

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God's temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered. 2 Ch 31:20 NIV

 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
       and on his law he meditates day and night.

 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
       which yields its fruit in season
       and whose leaf does not wither.
       Whatever he does prospers. PS 1 NIV

So you can see from these examples, God promises success and the histories in the Bible demonstrate success for God's people.  But don't miss that condition in many of these scriptures, success comes at a price - whole hearted pursuit of God.  This really is Seek first the kingdom in action.