Learn from your Mistakes!
1 Chronicles 15
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, September 12.
Wisdom is applied knowledge, and most often it is learned through good old-fashioned OJT, on-the-job training through the ups and downs of daily life. We must be humble enough to be able to learn from our mistakes. A wise person doesn’t keep repeating the same mistake, expecting different results; only a prideful, or insane, person would expect that!
David was wise, and, like all of us, had to learn from his mistakes. Case in point, he moved the ark of God without consulting the owner’s manual. He had rightly discerned the will of God, had consulted with leaders, and even convened the congregation around the need to return the ark, but he made a big mistake. Demonstrating humility and wisdom, David named his mistake to the Levites in 1 Chronicles 15:13,
“Because you did not carry it at the first, the Lord our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.” [italics added]
Opportunities to correct our mistakes are a gift from the Lord! Thank God for people who are humble enough to admit their mistakes, then align their lives to God’s Word after messing it up the first time because they had done it their own way. David took his mulligan, and did it right this time, according to God’s Word, as emphasized in 1 Chronicles 15:15,
“The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.” [italics added]
Seize the moment and thank God for second chances to live your life according to His Word! Show your gratitude for God’s grace by learning from your mistakes, repenting of your sins, and walking in the way of God’s Word today (Psalm 119:11, 105; Joshua 1:8).
God bless you!
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