I recently saw this commercial and loved how well it illustrates our walk with God. Bear with me, as it is a two-minute commercial, but well worth the view.
You can see the progression of the athletes as they learn their craft, and the support of their moms. They fail. They fall. They cry out in frustration and defeat. Yet, time after time, their mom cheers them and encourages them, and they get back up. So many of us remember our own mothers and fathers cheering us on for whatever we were trying to do. Without their words of encouragement, we may not have continued. We may have accepted defeat.
How like our heavenly Father who sees us fail in our walk? When we try to walk in obedience, we sometimes slip and fall into sin. He stops us from falling too far, and He tells us to get back up. He wants us to repent, and then try again. Time after time, we fall. We agonize over our defeat, but it is the Lord who tells us, "Get up." The Lord does not condemn or accuse us when we fall. No. He simply says, "Repent."
"He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along." ~Psalm 40:2 (NLT)
