Uzziah sought
God during the days of
Zechariah, who taught him to fear God.
And as long as the king sought
guidance from the LORD, God gave
him success.
There
are very few things in life that promise success. Walk into any bookstore or spend time online
and you will find thought after thought, book after book that talk about
patterns of success people have found.
Yet almost all of those books, almost all of the seminars you can go to
miss the mark by a long ways.
People
around us will disagree, especially those who don’t believe what God says. Furthermore, I believe that living by grace
is another big piece of understanding what God has to say about success.
Let me
be very clear about what I am sharing today.
Some of you are seeking success in various places (business, family,
education, etc…), but all of us have a desire to be successful in life. That can happen.
God is
the one who grants success. The kind of
success that God gives will last longer than any success we can get on our
own. His success is not based on how we
look, how much money we have or even the educational level we have
achieved. As the verse above stated,
success comes as long as we seek and follow God. That is a promise of God.
So,
why is it that few people we talk to say they are successful? I believe it is because we have a warped view
of what success is. Does success have
more to do with what you do or with who you are? Is success tied to how much you have or to
how much you give? Real and lasting
success is not tied to anything other than being attached to and pursuing
God. That may be hard to swallow, but it
is completely true!
Be strong and very
courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not
deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left.
Then you will be successful in everything you do.
Then you will not become
spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s
promises because of their faith
and endurance.
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