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And sure enough, Pharaoh heard what had happened, and he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian. When Moses arrived in Midian, he sat down beside a well.

‍Exodus 2:15

Failure

• is inevitable but it doesn’t have to define or derail my future.
• must be dealt with in a healthy way.
• is a great teacher.
• doesn’t make me a failure.
• has value.
• may fracture our faith, but it doesn’t have to destroy it.

We can deny failure, debug it, or dart away. Moses darted to Midian, and Midian changed everything for Moses; for the good and the benefit of thousands.

• Midian is our place of escape from our failure, but not an escape from God.
  God will never leave or forsake you.
• Midian may be our hang out place for a while.
  Moses spent 40 years there.
• Midian can be a place of healing or a place of hardening.

Moses was humbled: from Pharaoh’s grandson to a shepherd

“You may not be able to locate Midian on a map, but you’ve been there … the place you flee to when you don’t want anyone to know you failed. Midian might be a favorite coffee shop, an outlet mall, or a screened-in porch at your BFF’s house. It’s okay to visit Midian, but not a place you should live in avoidance of your failure.” – Wendy Pope: Hidden Potential: Revealing What God Can Do Through You

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Moses’ parents were from the tribe of Levi.

About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
Exodus 2:1

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Visit Midian, but don’t live there. Failure is redeemable, sin is forgivable, and I am too.