What if you weren’t defined by your worst moments? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our DAVID series with a message about how to recover from failure.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

After David’s sin with Bathsheba is exposed, he is humiliated and 

1) Failure gives us a new perspective.

David’s reaction to his sin is one of true humility and brokenness before God. If we fail to recognize that our sin is against God, our repentance can still be self-serving.

2) Failure might be a me thing, but repentance is a we thing.

Nathan was a wise voice speaking into the David’s foolishness. When we fall, we need to listen carefully to other godly voices that can guide us.

3) Failure is never the final word for the righteous.

Many people are defined by their failures. David’s deep and sincere repentance meant that his failure would not be final.

Proverbs 27:16

For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,

  but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

The righteous person is not defined by their falling, but by their rising. Because Jesus paid the price for every sin, we can be confident that God will give us grace to rise after falling!

2 Corinthians 5:21

God put the wrong on him who never did anything wrong, so we could be put right with God.

Failure doesn’t have to be final!