I took Electrical Engineering in Bicol University because it is and was my desire to become an Engineer and no one forced me to take up this course. Our early year in college life was seems good. New circle of friends from different provinces in Bicol Region. It is very odd and peculiar to think that there are only three (3) girls in our group among 40+ boys. Sounds hilarious, right?
Everyone in the group has a desire to excel in everything. Sometimes this kind of mindset drag most of us into the kind of many things we don't usually do before- cheating!
Everyone is doing this that's why for some, its all right to do such thing. When i came to know the Lord Jesus Christ, He began to convinced me not to do the latter. For me it was a hard decision. It took me a discipline, faith and sometimes an irritation. I must admit this that i cheated!
When we are in the 4th year of our journey in college, majority of my classmates decided to take Registered Master Electrician Licensure Examination.
In our mind, if you passed this examination given by the PRC, many students will admire you, look up to you, respect you and some will follow your steps. Your parents may boast to some other parents or brag your achievement. So what i did is i also filed all the requirements to the PRC and received my NOA (Notice of Admission).
I failed the Licensure Examination. That's it! I was so upset and very disappointed for myself. I can't imagine how to face and talk to my mom and to my siblings about my failure. I remembered the day when some of my classmates who passed the examination and i overheard them
talking about their results.
I was so shy and embarrassed for myself knowing that a believer and a follower of Jesus like me failed the examination. I even concluded before saying" Baka mas madami ang nagpray sa kanila compare sakin, or mas pinakinggan ni Lord prayers nila than mine. "
We become bitter to the degree we don't give thanks to God. Purpose to focus on what He has given rather than what is gone. Choose with your will, not your feelings, to form a habit of giving thanks often remembering that He is in control and is working and which will not fade away but will last for eternity.
Last September of 2013, i passed the Licensure Examination for Registered Master Electrician. After an outcry for God, He allowed me to have this licensed.
1. GOD ALLOWED FAILURES TO FALL US UP.
God intended failures to happen in His children. For me, this failure build my confidence in Christ Jesus. The Bible says " that we are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus. " Romans 8:37.
I need to believe that this particular situation is His special way of performing His refining work in my character.
As a believer and a follower of Jesus, we all know how Peter failed our Master. He failed Him not one but three (3) times. Luke 22:31. But what is amazing is how Jesus responded to the failure of Peter in the future.
" Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers."
Notice here how Jesus loves Peter more than he can imagined. The same thing with us, our failures will not and can not separate us from the love of God. We have different kind of failures in life but we have one in common - Grace!
Peter's failure has to do with a purpose - " ...strengthen his brothers." . How about yours?
Consider this excerpt from Christian Fellowship Church:
" What did Jesus pray for Simon Peter? That when Satan tempted him, his faith would not fail. He didn't pray that Peter should not fall in temptation, but that when he did fall, his faith in God's perfect love would not fail him - so that even when Peter reached the bottom of the pit of failure, he would confess, " God still loves me". That is faith and that is the confession we must always have on our lips and in our hearts - no matter how low we may have sunk or fallen- that God still loves us, JUST AS WE ARE. "
Because i failed, i experience His amazing love
Because i failed, i have a daily grace from Him
Because i failed, i see my worth and identity in Christ
Because i failed, i learn to trust in His promises
Because i failed, i discovered that i am a child of God
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Failure is a failure. That's it! Checkmate? I doubt so and i don't think so! Why?
I have a BIG GOD who is BIGGER than my failures!
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