🌄 Failing Forward – Day 7

You’re Not Behind. You’re Becoming.

Scripture

Philippians 1:6 —
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Devotional

By the time believers reach this point in their walk, many carry a quiet fear:
“I should be farther along than this.”

We measure ourselves by years instead of grace.
By expectations instead of progress.
By where we think we should be instead of where God is actually working.

But God has never described your journey as “behind schedule.”

Philippians 1:6 reminds us that transformation is God’s work, not a self-improvement project. He is not halfway committed. He did not start something in you only to abandon it when growth became slow or messy.

Becoming like Christ is not a straight line.
It is marked by:

• growth and regression

• confidence and doubt

• surrender and resistance

• faith and questions

And yet — through all of it — God is steady.

You are not behind because God is not late.
You are not failing because God is not finished.
You are not stagnant — you are becoming.

Every prayer whispered.
Every return after failure.
Every moment you choose honesty over hiding.

These are signs of a living, active faith.

The work continues — not because you are strong enough — but because God is faithful enough.

Reflection Question

What would change if you truly believed that God is not finished with you yet?

Journal Prompt

Write a letter to yourself from God’s perspective, reminding you that you are not behind — you are becoming.
Include words of patience, reassurance, and hope.

When you’re ready, just say:
“yes please make the PDF”
and I’ll create the matching sunrise watercolor mountain journal page with lines to complete Week One (Days 1–7) beautifully. 🌄✨

“yes please make the PDF”

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