Thoughts about Success...

Read Joshua 1:8

Success seems to be a fleeting concept. People have defined success in many different ways, and yet it sometimes is still difficult to comprehend, let alone attain. I want to throw my two cents in today because I feel there are those that do not feel they are successful even though they are.
A man or a woman is a success:
-When they can make steppingstones to higher experiences out of defeats,
-When they can see a silver lining on the edge of a dark cloud that left desolation in the path of life’s prospects,
-When they have a great concept of God and a true sense of their own smallness,
-When their faith and courage are as unwavering when things look bright and lovely as when they appear dark and fearful,
-When they place a higher value on service and efficiency than on money and expediency.
We will look at more ways people are successful over the next few days, but I encourage you to look at the previous list and go beyond the phrase to real applications in your life. Have defeats in your life been used to advance your family? Then you are a success. When everything seems to have been destroyed and you are even fearful to dream, can you still see that ever so faint glimmer of silver on that cloud? Then you are a success. Do you understand how big God is and how small you really are? Then you are a success. It is sometimes easy to lean on God when everything seems to fall apart because it seems no one else can help, but what about when everything is well? Do you still have your faith in Him, or do you begin to trust your resources in good times? If you continue to trust in Him, you are a success. When you can get to the place in life where your heartbeat focuses on helping others rather than yourself, you have become a success.
Just think, you have every opportunity to be successful today. Why not give it a try?

“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”
-George Edward Woodberry