True Success

The other night in Bible study, we talked about success. You see there is a worldly success that we all have perceived in our mind. That goal that you feel you need to meet. Those dreams you had as a child and still aim to meet, that income you think you should make, that degree that you must obtain to get to where you need to be. It's all tightly tucked away in your mind, constantly reminding you of "how your life should be". You see we all define success the same(meeting certain goals) but we also define our own personal success differently.
  The world defines success by what type of house you live in , what job you have and is it worthy enough to buy all that stuff that most of the world thinks we need, the house, the car, the clothes, the jewelry, game systems, memberships, etc... I could go on and on.
   The question is, what and how do we define spiritual success? In our own personal walk, how would we feel truly successful as a Christian? A Christ follower? Isn't that more important than any worldly success? What would that look like?
   As we all went around answering the question, there was one sure answer that kept coming up and that was " letting your actions, your life, your walk speak for you". So success to a majority in our Bible study was not only claiming Christianity and professing Christ, but walking the walk as well defines success. How true, how true.
Danny shared with us scripture that says:

May he equip you with all you need for doing his will.

May he produce in you , through the

power of Jesus Christ,

every good thing that is pleasing to him.

All glory to him forever and ever ! Amen.

Hebrews 13:21

You see God equips us for exactly what we need. To do his will,  he can produce in you power through Jesus Christ. He does the equipping, nothing of ourselves but him.

 

     So to me, true success is being so close to him, (through prayer and reading his word) that you walk in the cool of the day with him, you hear him, he hears you, you share a relationship that is far better than anything earthly or worldly. You will exhibit his qualities, his love, his mercy, grace and hope, total dependence=true success, that is my desire... to get so close to Him that His qualities cannot help but show in my life, in my walk and in my actions.... When we do that..... our actions will not only speak, but scream true success in Christ !!!