MEASURE OF SUCCESS

 

 

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.


3 businessmen were overheard one day comparing what success would “look like” for each of them.  The first remarked that to be invited to the OVAL OFFICE would equate to success.  The second said, “I would like to not only be invited to the OVAL OFFICE but while I was meeting with the President have the hotline ring and He would ignore it.  Then I will know I have arrived."  The third went a little further.  He said he too would love to be invited to the OVAL OFFICE and would love to have audience with the President.  However instead of just ignoring the call the President would say, “It is for you.”

Truth is we all measure success differently.

I used to believe that I would be considered successful if I got to wear a suit and cufflinks every day and had the corner office.  Then I thought success was in my title or based on the meetings I was invited to or the presentations I was asked to make.

I was wrong.

I think my wife has the best handle on measuring success.  She lives each and every day for “WELL DONE.”  In fact she has a trinket or two with L4WD on them. (Live 4 Well Done)

Matthew 5:23

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant!...Come and share your master’s happiness!’

We live in a culture that measures success via servants and swimming pools, portfolios and bank accounts, beauty, power plays, influence, red carpets, VIP rooms, and exclusive lists.  But at the end of the day true success is marked and confirmed by efforts that are blessed with “well done”. 

Period.

1 Timothy 4:7-8 (MSG)

This is the only race worth running…All that’s left now is the shouting—God’s applause! Depend on it, he’s an honest judge.

All the mahogany-table meetings you attend or VIP suites treatments don’t really matter matter much in the grand scheme.  In fact, Jesus was far more invested in SERVICE rather than worldly “SUCCESS.”

Mark 10:45

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve…

Yet maybe you look in the mirror today and wonder if you are successful.  I encourage you to focus on GOD's measures of successful day. 

Are you LOVING HIM with all your heart?

Are you serving others with joy and enthusiasm?

Are you defending Him when the pressure is on?

Are you offering HIS light when things get dark?

Stay the course today.  Live today for well done.

Then you and today will be a success.

Proverbs 16:3 (LB)

Commit your work to the Lord, then it (and you) will succeed.

I love you all