Heb10:9 Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second.
Many years ago, I was addicted to motivational books. I just love that feeling of 'I can make it'. Not only that, my desire to be successful was second to none. I was taught to imagine a successful life and to write them down in a book. I did all these but I felt empty in all my pursuit. I love the stories of men that I read in most of those books and those I heard about from motivational speakers. My view about success was one-sided because I saw success from their own standpoint not God's. Not many of them taught the subject of success from scriptures as I know now. The high sounding rhymes were fascinating too.
So many desire success but only few people are pursuing success from the right perspective. Most of those guys involved in armed robbery, kidnapping, internet fraud and ritual killing want to be successful. Behind those heinous acts is the drive to succeed. Politicians want to succeed by winning election at all cost not minding the process. However, God sees success differently. If Jesus is on the earth today, by our standard, we may call him a failure. Why? He may not have cars, houses and properties. Don't forget that during his days on earth, he said he doesn't have a place to lay his head, Luke9:58. He didn't have a royal donkey, he borrowed the one he rode into Jerusalem. What about Paul? I doubt if that man had designers in his wardrobe. He was always on the move yet they were successful according to God's definotion of success.
What is success from God's standpoint? Success is the progressive actualization of God's plan for your life. That's how God define success. What matters to God is for you to be right at the centre of His will for your life. You can venture into a thing and be successful but it may not be in God's perfect plan for your life.Jesus came to the earth on a divine mission, he pursued it, finished and left. Paul knew his assignment here on earth, he pursued it and left likewise the Apostles and other kingdom heroes. God wouldn't lower his standard for success and define it our own way. Find God's perfect will for your life and pursue it. That's where true success lies.
Father, I receive the grace to discover your perfect will and fulfil it In Jesus name. Amen
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