Beloved I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper even as thy soul prospers.
3 John verse 2 (KJV)
I want to ask us this question. What is success? How would you define success? Below is a few of the responses from people. To them success is:
- Success if fulfilling God’s purpose for your life
- The achievement of a purpose
- Success is when you are able break through every challenge of life
- Conception, interpret and achieve
- The ability to make a difference in the life of people
- Achievement of a goal at the right time, at the right place for the right reason by the right person
I need you to look inward and ask yourself what your own definition of success is.
A lady came to see me recently; she was complaining that she had worked hard and done what needed to be done but she had not been promoted. I smiled and told her she could not mark her own exam. It is true she had worked hard but not work right.
A lot of us work hard in our own mind but we work wrong. Unless we achieve what God has established us to achieve our life will become a failure. It doesn't matter how generous, kind, hard working we are if we don’t work according to His plan we will not be successful.
Therefore success is fulfilling God’s purpose for your life. There are certain laws we must follow to achieve success. These laws are found in the bible.
Joshua 1:8 How many of us have read the bible back to back at least once? If you call yourself a Christian and you don’t read the manual for life how are you going to succeed? We walk around blind and become enslaved by the traditions of men. 1 Kings 2:4; Matthew 6:32 Deuteronomy 28:1. You must read the bible because you cannot succeed without the bible. This is why the rich also cry; they are rich but they experience failure in other areas of life.
The bible is a book of law and a series of examples; let us live by it.
The bible is the manual for the Christian. Like every manufactured products we have a user manual and it is the bible.This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8 (KJV)
We would be able to make a better use of a product if we are able to understand the use for it as is seen in the manual. So also we would be able to make better use of our life if we understand and follow the guide as laid down by God in His word -BIBLE.
