The first thing about success is to define it. Here is the definition, SUCCESS is the COMPLETION and the FULFILMENT of the ORIGINAL INTENT or PURPOSE for your EXISTENCE of why you are CREATED. In other words, SUCCESS is not making alot of money, SUCCESS is not having a big house or a car, SUCCESS is not having a lot of friends and accolades on the wall.
SUCCESS is simple, SUCCESS is you FULFILLING your PURPOSE and COMPLETING IT BEFORE YOU DIE. That is, SUCCESS must be measured by why you are CREATED. SUCCESS is therefore PURPOSE fulfilled. SUCCESS is not measuring what you've done compared to what others have done.
Sometimes we compete with other people and because we do better than them we think we are successful. SUCCESS is not outclassing other people. SUCCESS is not to be measured with what others have done. So, this is how you measure SUCCESS, SUCCESS = what you've done compared to what you should and could have done. That is, the only person who knows how successful you are is You & GOD.
SUCCESS is not measured by how you compared yourself with other people, but by how you compared with what you are capable of doing yourself.
As a matter of fact, the Bible says in ECC 9:11 "that the race in God's plan is not to the swift". You don't come first because you are ahead, the race is for those who endured to the end. They finished what they start; that's SUCCESS. Therefore, the key to SUCCESS is PURPOSE.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. When you look back at the failure of last year, you will know something didn't go right, some goals didn't accomplished; You can look back now as you reading this and be depressed. But looking behind doesn't help you for the future. However, looking ahead of you can also make you to be afraid because you looking at the uncertainty of how you will succeed. But have come to tell you today that what's important is what is in you NOW. And God as placed in you everything you required to be you and you are carrying it right now.
The Word of God defined it well in EPH 3:20 that "now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKETH IN US", not in HIM but IN US. That is, whatever you are born to do and become it's on the inside of you.
What a tragedy to be SUCCESSFUL in a wrong thing. It's like a bird trapped in an egg. The egg never fly but inside the egg lies the potential of heights. The bird trapped is a failure cos it never made it to flight. SUCCESS is not Just existing, SUCCESS is making it to the end of why you are born.
Lastly and very important to understand, there are some things God wants done in you. You shouldn't just go about time making plans and not spending time with God because you aren't smart to figure out your future, and God knows your future long before you are CREATED. Therefore, God wants you to know His purpose so your plan can be in His purpose for a SUCCESSFUL LIFE
Happy New Week
