Know ye
not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run,
that ye may obtain (1 Corinthians 9:24).
To be successful means living the victorious life
through God’s Word. It also means to achieve God’s desired goals for your life.
You ought not to measure your success by comparing yourself with someone else,
because you may not know God’s plan for that person’s life. Don’t think you’re
failing just because someone else is "succeeding." God doesn’t define
success that way.
Success is relative, and we’re all at different
stages in life. Between you and God, you can know whether you’re successful or
not. God measures your success by how much you’re able to accomplish of the
things He’s planned for you to do, at different phases of your life. You can
look at your life today, even now, and tell whether you’re a success, at this
phase of your life.
God’s dream is for you to heap success upon
success. If you’re successful now, He can count on you for more, and entrust
you with an even higher level of success tomorrow. Therefore, measure your
success at each point in your life by comparing your performance or
accomplishments with the goals you set to achieve at the beginning. You can be
a success at a certain level and then the goal broadens, the challenges
are increased, and the dyke is raised. When you overcome the challenges and
attain those new goals, you become a success again at that new level. It goes
on that way from one level of glory to another.
Prayer Dear Lord, thank you for showing
me how to run with patience the race that you’ve set before me. My gaze is on
you Lord Jesus, and my energies are focused on fulfilling your plans and
purpose for my life. I refuse to compare myself with anyone else, but measure
my success in life with your Word, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Further Study: Philippians 3:13; hebrews 12:2
1 Year Bible Reading : Acts 19:8-41 Job 15-18
2 Year Bible Reading : Galatians 1:18-2:1-2 Isaiah 28
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