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Where does the time go? I haven’t been able to write some more blogs but I will try my best to keep writing periodically.
On my last post I discussed the issue of wanting to be successful or to be relevant… this is the continuation…As you can see, we can be either relevant for God or we can be successful for the world. Yet, I failed to mention one thing. We can also be successful for God… why?
Well, as you can see parts d, e, f, and g of success are:d. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors e. a successful performance or achievement f. the achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted g. a result or an outcome.
Yes!
We can be successful for God by following His will and achieving the goal that He wants us to achieve. Let’s be God minded and let us be driven by eternity. Let’s try and be God driven. Many people do not know what their goal in life is… some are driven to be successful in areas of business. Others are driven to be successful in the areas of sport etc. etc. Yet, the most sweet success that one can have is to please God in every area of their life. Not with hypocrisy, but with reality in front of Jesus. By being open to Him.I encourage you today… Be driven by wanting to give a performance that Jesus is worthy to receive. Of course our righteousness are like dirty rags, but God looks at the heart. God looks at the action. God looks at the purpose. Be driven by wanting to please Him. I encourage you to push yourself to be successful in God’s world.
I know what I want to successful at… Do you?
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i was reading another book on Saturday and something in this book struck me….this is what it said (i paraphrased it) “it is harder to be relevant than to be successful!” wow, that blows any person’s mind specially if you look up the definition of success and relevant……
- success- a. the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like b. the gaining of fame or prosperity c. the extent of such gain d. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors e. a successful performance or achievement f. the achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted g. a result or an outcome
- relevant- a. having bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand b. pertinent c. pertinent to the matter at hand
- pertinent (just in case you were wondering what it means)- a. pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand b. relevant c. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
WOW! what is it that you want to be in life? relevant or success? do you want to be determined by the wealth, riches, honor, and prestige that you have? do you want to be measured by the standard of this world? or do you want to be relevant in this world and be measured by the standard of God? its up to you
life lesson # 1
Posted Thursday August 30, 2007
on:So today i was reading a christian book concerning the life of Jesus and His disciples and i came upon a section that discussed Matthew 18:1-5. In this passage the disciples of Jesus ask Him the question “Who is the greates in the kingdom of Heaven?” and He replies “Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” This passage has left me wondering many times about how we can become as little children…..and the book gave me the answer:
- Humility. One of the definitions of humility is to be meek. Children are meek. They are not full pride and full of arrogance. We need to be humble for God.
- Teachable. Children, especially babies, tend to be very fascinated with new things. They want to discover and nothing stands on their way. They want to go deeper. They don’t care if someone else is looking at them they just go in and discover…….and with (get this very important) an open mind. We need to be teachable for God. Be open to learn new lessons from our Master Jesus.
- Faith. Children are apt to believe anything you tell them. If you tell them that the best thing is candies they will eat them. Anything you say goes. That is how we need to be with our Father. He teaches us and we need to believe Him and not second guess what He says.