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Three questions
'THE LORD GAVE HIM SUCCESS IN EVERYTHING HE DID.' GENESIS 39:3
Sit down, have a cup of coffee (or tea), and ask yourself these three questions:
1) Am I happy with the way things are in my life right now? If you're not, take responsibility. Quit blame-placing and excuse-making! The only one who can stop you from becoming the person God intended you to be - is you.
2) Am I afraid of success? Afraid of the cost and commitment required? Leadership is lonely; maybe you'd rather be with the crowd. Or perhaps you've been knocked down and you're afraid to get up again. When Thomas Edison was asked why he was successful he replied, 'I start where other men leave off!' When world heavyweight champion Jim Corbett was asked what it took to win the title he replied, 'Just fight one more round.' Paul wrote, 'We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going' (2 Corinthians 4:9 TLB).
3) Do I believe people can't be successful and spiritual at the same time? Out of a confused (and abused) theology we've equated humility with poverty and assumed that successful people can't be humble. Not so. 'As long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper' (2 Chronicles 26:5). Does this give you the right to strut or look down on others? No but when successful people speak other people listen.
Examine the lives of Bible characters like Joseph and Daniel. They influenced nations for God! We have a message of hope that others need to hear, but if we're not in a position to tell them how will they hear it? If you have been settling for less, ask God for a greater faith and a greater focus, then start aiming higher!
written by Bob Gass
