The Key To Becoming A Success Story -- God's Way

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uccess leaves clues…Look at those who are successful and you will find clues

related to what they have been successful at, and how they have become successful.  We can find an abundance of resources to better understand someone else’s success story, which just means we don’t need to necessarily recreate the wheel in understanding mainstream success tactics for ourselves.  Most people consider setting their own goals, as well executing strategies to achieve those goals.  For many, success defined is accomplishing a single or set of goals – period.  This type of success serves mankind, however it is temporal with very limited benefits.

                However, God measures our success a bit differently.  God measures our success by looking at our obedience to His will and His ways.  I like how Charles Stanley defines Godly success in the following manner “Genuine success – from God’s point of view – is rooted in what God calls us to be.  It is rooted in what God sets as the goals for our lives.  It is rooted in our relationship with God, who enables us to become the people He created us to be and to do the works He has authorized us to do.”  Clearly by his definition we must have an understanding of the purpose for which we exist and the work God has set before us and called us to do.  We can only understand this truth through the study of God’s word and having a consistent prayer life.  

                Our own success will transcend this life.  Indeed, the work we do here and now has immediate and eternal benefits when we are lead by God.  Not only do others benefit from the work we do, but we also benefit from the work we do.  Studying the word of God enables us to understand the importance of our obedience.  It tests and stretches our faith both at the same time, and ensures we have what we need to make the tough, but right decisions.  Understanding God’s word as well as having the ability to live by it, will undoubtedly impact our daily decision making process and outcomes.  Furthermore God is pleased, and promises us that the blessings are here for us to enjoy right now.  Obedience to our Lord is a success story and becomes our blessing.

                I know many people who pray generally to God.   However, I admonish anyone who may not have thought to include God in your goal planning and strategizing to plan to ask for His help in all you plan to do.  We can’t be successful in God’s eyes (with immediate and eternal benefits), if we don’t include him as the source of all we set out to do.  We can’t think as big as God can.  As far as the heaven is from the earth are his thoughts above ours.  He can enable us to think the unthinkable, and then see to it that we are equipped to do the impossible!  We need to ensure our goals are aligned correctly having proper vision seeing it the way God see's it.  Now that’s success in a way none of us could have ever imagined.  This is how we live our destiny planning and eventually yielding Godly success!

Blog Author:  DMC

Reference Scripture:  See Josuha 1:7-8