Nevertheless at Thy Word

turn your Bibles to Luke Chapter 5 Luke Chapter 5 so let's find out how many of you are uh really fishermen now a real fisherman does not have to catch a fish the real fisherman just loves being out in the water being out in the shore being out in the boat and having that hook in the L line in the water or whatever they're doing just just enjoys the the joy of being out there so how many of you would consider yourself that kind of fisherman that's what you enjoy raise your hand if that's you right now all right and how many of you you like fish as long as you're catching that's that's what makes you a fisherman if I'm catching something then I'm enjoying myself how many you're in that

category all right and how many of you your idea of catching fish is to go down to local fish store tell the guy behind the counter throw me one of those fish so I can tell my wife I caught it how many you like that you know that's the way you fish okay uh there's a lot of different styles of fishermen a lot of different people enjoy different ways of fishing we got some like go out net fishing uh we've got others that like to go out spear fishing uh which is also called Shark Bait and then we've got others that like to go out with fishing poles there's other like go out in boats and some like to fish offshore and in the canals there's a a whole variety of ways to go fishing and interesting

thing is many of the disciples that Jesus called originally were fishermen and uh that's not unusual because back in that day it was a very uh agregar in society so you were either a fisherman a Shepherd or a farmer uh that was the majority of the jobs in that day and so but many of them were fishermen and that's what we're going to look at here in Luke Chapter 5 uh and if you look at verse number one it says and it came to pass that as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God he stood by the lake of genderit and saw two ships standing by the lake but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their Nets and he entered into one of the ships which was Simon's and prayed

him that he would thrust out a little from the land and he sat down and taught the people out of the ship now when he had left speaking he said unto Simon launch out into the deep and let down your nets for draw and Simon answered and said un him Master we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing nevertheless at Thy word I will L down the net and when they had done they enclosed a great multitude of fishes and their net break and they beckoned onto their Partners which were in the other ship that they should come and help them and they came and filled both the ships so that they began to sink when Simon Peter saw it he fell down at Jesus knees saying depart from me for I'm a sinful

man oh Lord for he was astonished and all that were with him at the draw of the fishs which were taken and so was also James and John the sons of zebede which were partners with Simon and Jesus said unto Simon fear not from henceforth Thou shalt catch men and when they had brought their ships to land they forsook all and followed him so I want to talk this morning not about U you can apply the especially the end call God's called to be fishermen and apply that idea to go out and be Soul winners and bring people to Christ and it's an important job that we have and I'll be talking about that in a later message but I want to uh look at some things here in this passage that we can learn about

our own walk with the Lord as God is calling Simon and the other disciples to follow him I want you to know some things about it look at verse number five again it says and Simon answered said to him Master we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing never less at Thy word I will lit down the net and I want us to really focus that phrase nevertheless at Thy word the first thing he said is nevertheless he said Lord uh I I don't know why we should bother doing this we've already tried to catch fish we haven't caught anything but nevertheless at Thy word we're going to cast out the net you see that's what's called faith faith if you hold your place here in Luke Chapter 5 and go over to

Hebrews chapter 11 the book of Hebrews chap 11 and look at verse number one Hebrews chap 11 and verse number one the Bible says now Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of Things Not Seen Peter was a fisherman he said we tried to catch fish and there's none out there they're not biting right now they're not coming right now you're not going to catch any fish but we'll put the net out anyways see faith is the evidence of Things Not Seen the the the is the substance of things that hoped for and the evidence of Things Not Seen verse number six but without faith it is impossible to please him for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and is rewarder of them that

diligently seek him and see faith is saying Lord I I don't know how this is going to work I don't see how this is going going to happen we've already done our best we've already tried but we're going to do it because we're going to obey you and he said nevertheless see faith is not believing something can be done it is believing in a God who can do it in Luke chapter 1 and verse number 37 it says for with God nothing shall be impossible in Mark chapter 9 and verse 24 it says and straight way the father of the child cried cried out and said with tears Lord I believe help thou mine unbelief you see he believed in God he just didn't believe in himself he didn't believe in his circumstances he

didn't believe that he could change and so often we focus on our circumstances we focus on ourselves we focus on everything else but God but faith is believing in a God who can do it see my God is so strong so big so strong and so mighty there's nothing my God cannot do that's what we need to remember and so Peter understood we've gone all night we've tried our best we've caught nothing but nevertheless at Thy word see Faith is doing what you don't think we can do or should do Faith is doing what we don't think we can do or what we should do look at Luke chapter 17 Luke chapter 17 often times faith is we know uh Lord I I'm tired I I've already been trying hard I I I've already tried to do

this and I've already tried to do that and that didn't work and this didn't work and and and what you're telling me to do I don't think it's going to work either either Faith is doing what we don't think we can do or what we should do in Luke chapter 17 and verse number five it says the Apostle said unto the Lord increase our faith now why did they ask Jesus to increase their faith so they could trust God for more money so they could trust God for more food so they could trust God to do some great big miracle no in the context if you go back to verse number three it says there there um it says there there take heed to yourselves If thy brother trespass against thee rebuke him and if you

repent forgive him and if he trespass against thee seven times in a day and seven times in a day turn again to to thee saying I Repent Thou shalt forgive him and the Apostle said Lord increase our faith see they not need more faith to trust God for money or for healing or for wisdom or anything else they needed Faith to do something that was not easy to do I I don't know about you but I can forgive somebody once I I can forgive them twice I I can even forgive my wife three times for the same thing but do do it seven times in one day we're going to have some problems and then another place in the Bible says seven times 70 times the same thing that's not easy and you see the apostles realize

that that faith is realizing I don't know I can do this Lord you're going to have to help me because I don't think this is going to work I I don't know how I'm going to do I tried to do this and it didn't work and it's trusting God with with what you don't think you can do Lord I believe help thou my unbelief now salvation is faith that works see faith and works are two separate things but Salvation is faith that works in Ephesians 28:9 it says for by grace are you saved through faith then not of yourselves it's the gift of God not of Works L any man should boast we don't work for our Salvation we're not saved in going to heaven because we go to church I'm glad you're here today we're not

saved in going to heaven because you're a Baptist and I I'm a Baptist and I'm proud of that but that's not what's going to get me into heaven you're not saved in going to heaven because you're a church member I think you ought to join a church wherever you are be a part of a local body of Believers but that's not going to get you into heaven you're not saved and going to heaven because you do all kinds of good things or you put money in the offering basket or you try to be a good person all of these are great things to do but they're not what's going to get you heavy because those are works and the Bible says for by grace who you saved through faith and that not of Works lest any man should

boast so if there's anything that you can do that you can say I did this and this got me to Heaven you're boasting and that's of works but then verse 10 goes on to say for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus onto good works which God had before ordained that we should walk in him see I'm not saved by my works I'm saved by faith but when I put my faith in Jesus Christ that faith is going to work and is going to get me to Heaven it's trusting in Him that gives me eternal life it's trusting in Him that changes my life and the works follow the faith in James chapter 2 and verse number 18 it says um yeah a man may say thou Hast faith and I have Works show me thy faith without thy works

and I will show thee my faith by my works now he's not saying I'm saved by doing good works but he's saying if you if I'm truly saved you will be able to see The Works in my life you will be see the results of that faith in verse 266 it says so faith without works is dead being alone you have to work your faith for your faith to work you have to work your faith for your faith to work see faith is saying God God I can't do this only you can and God is the only one that can save you you can't save yourself and so salvation is coming to God and say I can ever be good enough to get to heaven I can't do anything to earn your your forgiveness it's only because of your son Jesus Christ what he did

on the cross that I can have salvation and is putting my faith and trust in him we need to believe in Salvation that works in 2 Timothy chapter 1 and verse number 12 12 Paul said for the which cause I also suffer these things nevertheless I'm not ashamed for I know whom I have believed and and persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day Paul understood that when I gave my soul when I gave my life to Jesus Christ for salvation when I committed it to him then he's the one that does all the work for salvation he is the one that is going to keep me for salvation to give me eternal life to forgive me of my sins and I believe my faith is a faith that

believes in the work of God in Jesus Christ upon the cross my faith is a faith that believes in what he did for me not what I'm going to do for God see faith is you have to believe and receive in Romans chapter 10 veres 9 and 10 it says that if Thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and Shall Believe in thine heart that God is raised the dead Thou shalt be saved for with the heart man believeth on the righteousness and with the mouth confession is made onto salvation in Romans 10:13 it says for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved and salvation is believing that Jesus died that he was buried and he rose again believing that he died on the cross to save you

from your sins and to pay your penalty of death to believe that he was buried but he rose again and has the power over death and that he is the one that can give you eternal life but is also receiving it is calling upon the name of the Lord it is asking him to come into your heart and your life and be your savior it is putting your faith and trust in him it's trusting him to take you to the other side I want you go to Mark chapter 4 there's another story involving not fishing but being on the water in Mark chapter 4 beginning with verse number 35 Mark chapter 4 and beginning with verse number 35 the Bible says in the same day when the evening was come he saith unto them let us pass pass over

onto the other side now remember that statement this in read in your Bible which means this is what Jesus said he said disciples let us pass over onto the other side and when they had uh sent away the multitude they took him even as he was in the ship and there was also with him other little ships and there arose a great storm of wind and the waves um beat into the ship so it was now full it was in the L hinder part of the ship asleep on a pillow and they awake him and sayto him Master carest thou not that we perish now remember these are fishermen who are used to being out in Rough Waters but they're scared and and verse number 39 he rose and rebuked the wind and said on the sea peace be

still and the wind ceased and there was a great calm and he said unto them why are you so fearful how is it that you have no faith and they feared exceedingly and said one to another what manner of man is this that even the wind and the Sea obey him now why did he rebuke them said why don't you have any faith because they had no faith faith in his promise what did he promise him back there in verse number 33 what's written and read in your bible let us pass over on to the other side God made a promise we're going to go over to the other side but they forgot that promise and they did not have faith in that promise and you see salvation is having faith in the promise of God that when you die

you're going to go to heaven and the promise of God of eternal life in 1 John 5: 12 and 13 it says he that hath the son hath life he that hath not the Son of God hath not life these things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the son of God that you may know that you have eternal life and that you may believe on the name of the son of God he gives us a promise that we can know that we have eternal life we can know that we're going to heaven we can know that we'll be with him for all eternity that that's a promise of God that we can depend upon him and and you got to believe in that promise of of God that he's going to take you to the other side in John chapter 14 he promised

disciples says I go to prepare a place for you and I will come again and I will take you to that place he's built us a mansion he's prepared a place and that's a promise of God and we can have faith in that promise that he is going to take us to the other side when we die how many of you ever had a fish get away I think was it you Zeke yesterday you had one hooked and it got away from you yeah you ever had it happen ever got that big one and it got away from you the one that you know the one that keeps getting bigger every time you tell the story and you know what I'm talking about that That Got Away fish the one that one great fish and he got away listen don't be the god away in Acts chap

26 and veres 23- 28 the Bible says for the king knoweth of these things beh before whom I also speak freely for I persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him for this thing was not done in the corner King Agrippa believest thou the prophets I know that thou believest then Agrippa said unto Paul listen to this almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian agria was on the hook he listened to Paul he understood the gospel he believed the gospel but he chose not to get saved he got away as far as we know he never got saved and he's in hell today today don't be one of the Goda ways believe in the Lord Jesus Christ put your faith in him because it's it's a faith that works you don't

work for your salvation but when you trust in Jesus Christ I'll tell you what it works when you trust in Jesus Christ it works to give you eternal life to forgive you your sins to give you peace with God and it begins to change your life life in so many ways but you know what you got to come to the end of yourself I kind of listened to Peter in that passage there in Luke Chapter 5 and I could hear see just a never less we'll do it he's tired and you have to kind of come to the end of yourself sometimes and Luke Chapter 5 in verse number five Peter said to Jesus we toiled all night we've been at this all night Lord and we caught nothing never less we'll do it you know sometimes in the

Christian Life you got to let go and you got to LIT God go over to Romans chapter 7 you ever get tired I do you ever get tired of trying to be good all the time you ever get tired of having to do the right thing all the time you ever get tired of uh of doing the things that God wants you to do it it it's it is hard it's stressful to live right and to do right fight and love God it it can be a challenge sometimes it can be tiring you can feel like I've been toiling all night I I've been working at this what more does God want from me in Romans chapter 7 and beginning with verse number 15 for that which I do I allow not for what I would that I do not but what I hate that I do if then I do that

which I would not I consent under the law that is good now then now then is no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me for I know that in me that is in My Flesh uh dwelleth no good thing for the will is present with me how to perform that which is good I find not for the good that I would I do not but the evil which I would not that I do now I do that that now if I do that I would not it's no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me I find that a law when I would do good evil is present with me for I Delight in the law of God and the inward after the inward man but I see another law and my members Waring against my members Waring against the law my mind and bring me to captivity

of the law of sin which is my members oh Wretched Man that I that I am who shall deliver me from the body of this death you know he's saying Paul is saying this it's a struggle sometimes it see I'm constantly struggle this battle between the Flesh and the spirit I I want to do what's right but my flesh wants to do wrong and it's like I toil all night long and I'm not getting Victory I'm not I'm not seeing any progress I'm not seeing any any fruit out of all of that and he goes on in chapter 8 verse number one he says then says there is therefore now no condemnation in them which are in Christ Jesus who walked not after the flesh but after the spirit for the law of the spirit of life is

Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death for what law could not do it was weak through the flesh God send his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin condemns sin in the flesh see what Peter had to come to understand is Peter you worked all night now let me work you got to come to that point you come to the end of yourself and say I can't do this anymore I'm failing left and right I'm trying as hard as I can I'm getting nowhere so maybe now it's time to try it God's way because I'm just tired see you're tired with the rest now do the best in John 7:17 it says if any man will do his will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speak of

myself a lot of times people will come into me and for counseling maybe on marriage or whatever topic it is and I'll give them the counsel and said well you know uh Pastor i' I've been trying all kinds of things and it hasn't worked it's like going to the doctor find out you have cancer the doctor prescribes chemotherapy and you say well doctor I've been taking aspirin for a month and it hasn't helped because you got your faith in the wrong thing you got to realize that God's subscription is what's going to change things and Peter said okay Lord we've we toiled all night we got nowhere but nevertheless you got to come to the end of yourself and you got to realize there's a price to pay back

in Luke Chapter 5 and verse two we find out they just finished washing their Nets now remember they had these great great big fishing nets in the boat you know ones you'd lower down the water and they're huge and this was the tools of their trade so every time they take them out of the water this wasn't salt water but it was mineral water and had all kind it would be caked with all kinds of things so they would have to hang the Nets up and they would have to literally wipe off each strand of that net one by one going through there so these guys had toiled all night long now they had the Nets hung up they had just finished cleaning every net one strand at a time and then Along Comes Jesus

said okay throw it back in the water again I don't know about you but that would not be very popular with me Lord we just finished washing the Nets do you know how hard it is to wash the Nets do you know how much work this is sometimes we got to realize go to Luke chapter 17 Again Luke chapter 17 and look at verses 7-10 for which of you having a servant plowing or feeding cattle will say and him by bye when he has come from the field go and sit down to meet and will not rather say unto him make ready where with I may Su and G thyself and serve me till I have eaten and drunken and afterwards Thou shalt eat and drink doth he thank that servant because he did the things which were commanded him

I I trow not or I think not so likewise ye when you shall have done all those things which are commands you say we are unprofitable servants we have we have done that which was our duty to do see we got to come to that point we realize you know what I've done all this hard work but I've gotten nowhere because what I've done is I've done it in the flesh rather than in the spirit of God I've Done It In My Own Strength rather than the strength of God and I've got to have faith that God can do what I cannot do and sometimes that means realizing that all that effort and all that work I put in it it means nothing I've got to have faith in God and I've got to do what he tells me to do never L at

Thy word if you say so Jesus see Jesus is the object of our faith go over to Romans chapter 4 and look at verses number 20 and 21 Romans chapter 4 and beginning with verse number 20 Romans 4:20 the Bible says he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory to God and being fully persuaded that what he had promise he was able to also able to perform it and when you read that passage if you're familiar at all with your Bible it's talking about Abraham and it talks about how Abraham was strong in his faith and fully believed God now I don't know if you've ever read Abraham in the Old Testament but this was the guy that God had promised him a son in

his old age when when God promised him that he and his wife laughed at God in fact they named their son later Isaac or laughter and he also went and had a child by a concubine because he didn't really believed God was going to give him a child in his old age and yet God in his grace and his his wonderfulness gives him credit for his faith in God which was not much Faith calls him strong in the faith and and staggered not at the promise of God because you see faith is not about how strong and how Mighty I am it's about how strong and mighty my God is the focus of our faith is on God not on ourselves in Romans chapter 4: 19 and being not weak in faith he considered not his own body now dead

when he's about 100 years old need yet the deadness of Sarah's womb we have to realize that it's not about me it's about God and having faith in a God that can do the impossible Hebrews chap 12 and verse number two looking onto Jes Jesus the author and the finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God we've got to keep our eyes on Jesus in this folks not on ourselves we're weak we'll fail but when we look at Jesus we can see the power of God in any situation you remember Matthew chapter 14 when Peter walked on the water remember how good he did until what he took his eyes off of Jesus

see Peter had to take his eyes off his own efforts and say I failed now I'm gonna do what God wants me to do and maybe you're in a situation where you feel like it's hopeless and you tried everything well give up and put your faith in God never less at thy will later on Luke ch chapter 5 he calls him Master the word Master means any good teacher a respect for good man but that could have been any good teacher see the problem for a lot of Christians is they respect God but they don't Revere God we look at God as this master up in heaven and we respect him but we don't see him as the god of God and the King of Kings and the Lord of lords who has to be obeyed at First Peter just did this

because well Jesus is a good Master he's a good man and I should do what he tells me to do even though it's not going to work but then a little later he calls him Lord when he realizes this is God in Luke Chapter 5 and verse number 8 it says holy God is the idea there in John chap Luke 58 let me go over there real quick Luke 5:8 is says when Sim Peter saw it he fell down at jesus' knees saying depart from me for I'm a sinful man oh Lord oh holy God in Acts chapter 9 and verse 6 it says he trembled and astonished said Lord what will thou have me to do when you come to the point you see Jesus is not just a good Master a good teacher and you see him as the god of God and the King of Kings you

see him as the Son of God to will be obeyed it changes everything and remember this it's yours until you give it to God in Luke 5:3 when he got there he said he entered into one of the ships which was Simon's and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land he sat down taught the people out of the ship Jesus prayed begged beseeched Simon can I use your boat he didn't demand it it was Simon's boat that was his livelihood and God ask him will you give it to me you see it's yours until you give it to God in Romans 121:2 I beseech you therefore Brethren by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a Living Sacrifice wholly acceptable unto him which is your reasonable service

and be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove was that good and acceptable and perfect will of God it's yours until you give it to God never less at Thy word Romans 107 says since so then Faith come by hearing and hearing by the word of God when we hear the word of God we need to obey in Luke chter 5 and verse number six it says and when they had done they enclosed the great multitude of fishes and their net broke Simon did not expect to catch anything he figured I'm going to throw the net in the water I'm going to show him there's no fish out there pull the net back out and he'll be satisfied he'll be happy but God gave him everything

you see folks expect great things from God and attempt great things for God we need to learn to do great things for the Lord Lord don't be the Eeyore in the church you know Eeyore in wiy the Pooh got the cloud hanging over his head all the time nothing's going to work out everything's going to go wrong there's people in church like all right Pastor we'll do it but it isn't going to work okay pastor we'll but you know it's not going to happen don't be the eore Peter's attitude was put the net out we'll do it we won't catch anything do we go home and get this over with instead of believing that God was going to do something amazing 1st Samuel 15:22 hath the Lord as great Delight in burnt

offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord behold to obey is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of the Rams saw a bumper sticker one time and says God said it I believe it that's good enough for me but what I really liked is that part of it was crossed out instead of that it said God said it and all the rest was crossed out it doesn't matter whether you believe it it's good enough because God said it whether we believe it or not God said it and that should settle it you see Peter could have said a lot of things he said nevertheless Lord at Thy word he could have said a lot of things we come up with all kinds of excuses Peter could have said this Lord I'll go

buy you some fish you know we're fishermen and we got to deal with the local warehouse and I get a discount price and I'll even pay for the fish I'll go out and buy you some yellow fent tuna one of the best on that's been caught this week it's yours I'll go buy you some fish in Psalm 50 and we we'll turn there now verses 18-15 God basically says this I'm not going to tell you if I'm hungry because I own the cattle on a thousand hills I don't need your cattle I don't need your fish but often what would we do when God tells us to do something we try to buy God off instead of obeying or Peter could have said this well Lord how about I take you with me next time we didn't catch any fish this

time but we're going to go out again tomorrow night and I know we're going to catch fish tomorrow night so why don't you come back and we'll go tomorrow night in Acts 24:25 where we looked at earlier it says and is the reason of righteousness Temperance and judgment to come Felix trembled and answered go thy way for this time when I have a convenient season I will call for thee and don't we like to do that don't we like to say Lord how about later but the problem is later Never Comes God says do it now or Peter could have said this he could have said Lord you know if we must put the Nets out if we've got to do that then it should be in the shallow water near the shore not the deep water you

don't catch fish in the deep water Lord I'm a fisherman I I know these things and if we put it out in the deep water we're not going to catch so so let's try over here in the shallow water if there's any fish that's where we're going to catch them at Isaiah chapter 55 the Bible talks about how our ways are not God's ways and so often we think we know better than God it's amazing how people will come in and and their life is a failure everything they're doing is failing and I'll give them counsel from the Bible and say well that that won't work and they got another idea what they think will work but they've been failing all along or or Peter could have said this Christ Jesus why don't let's

get my older brother Andrew to take you out you know he's a better fisherman he's older he's been around longer he's more experienced he doesn't lose his temper like I do why don't why don't let let him take you out Isaiah chapter 6 and verse number 8 also I heard the voice of the Lord saying whom shall I send and who will go for me and then said I here am I send me you see he he said I I'll go for you Lord and so often we want somebody else to go instead of me or Peter could have said this Lord I've done enough already I've been up all night I uh I let you use my boat sometimes we have1 excuses you know what folks you get tired it gets tired and we want to get credit for what we've done

instead of saying God what do you want me to do back in Luke chter 5 and: 11 it says and when they had brought their ships to land they forsook all and followed him and that's what Jesus wanted he just wanted them to give him everything and say Lord whatever you want I'm willing to do it you want me to put the net in the water I'll put the net in the water you want to use my boat you can have my boat Lord you want my life here's my life I Surrender it all you see Peter was already saved he got saved back in John John John chapter 1 his brother brought him to Christ and he was already saved he'd already given a lot he'd already given his uh boat to Jesus he' already given his home he had PE

he had Jesus in his home in fact he not only had a home but he had a a mother-in-law you know the the first pope was never married but he had a mother-in-law what a terrible thing to have a mother-in-law not have a wife you know if you're going to have a mother-in-law you got to have a wife too I mean that's the only way it worked well but he' already opened his home to Jesus he'd already was following Jesus he already was serving the lord he was already given his boat but God said I want it all I want you in Luke Chapter 14:33 it says so likewise who so be of you that forsaketh not all that he have he cannot be my disciple and here's a challenge as we look into these Dirty Dozen the 12

disciples I wanted to take a moment just see the original calling of many of these disciples come follow me and I will make you Fishers of Men and God wants you to follow him look at Luke Chapter 5 and look at verse eight and we'll close with this it says when time of Peter saw it he fell down at Jesus knees saying depart from me for I am sinful man oh Lord his whole attitude changed when Jesus first showed up he steps out there and says Simon can I use your boat yeah I guess so then Jesus says Now cast your net in the water and he says Lord we've worked all night we just finished washing our Nets nevertheless at Thy word Master because you're a good man and then he catches all the fish and he turns around looks at Jesus with new eyes and he says you're not just a master you're God you're my God and I want to follow you wherever you go I don't deserve it and in my flesh I'm a failure but praise God in Jesus I can have Victory and so can you