Kent Hughes, John: That You May Believe:
Muggeridge beautifully says, “Christianity, from Golgotha onwards, has been the sanctification of failure.” Peter, the great rock, rose from the rock heap of failure. Our failures bring us face to face with the weaknesses and inadequacies that lie within, so that God’s strength can be made perfect in our weakness.
We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. (2 Corinthians 4:7)
It is in the breaking of these clay vessels, our failures, that the riches of God are exposed for all to see. It is primarily our failures that create in us a poverty of spirit and thus make us fit receptacles for the blessings of the kingdom of God. That is why ‘Christianity, from Golgotha onwards, has been the sanctification of failure.”
Words of Grace 