SUCCESS…in God’s eyes!

According to man’s standard ‘success’ is an accomplished achievement be it in school, life, carrier, dreams etc. Hence, there's no surprise when the opposite of ‘success’ is ‘failure’.

While it is undeniably great to be successful, there’s also lies a danger(s) to it. In the world where everything will try to lure us away from God’s truth, worldly achievements can lead to pride if we failed to humble ourselves. What good do we get when we gain the whole world but loses our soul? (Luke 9:25). In the process of gaining, let’s not forget the learning part.

Luke 12:16-21

“And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

 “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

SUCCESS must be BALANCED with humility and a RICH relationship with God.

Have a Blessed Lent 2014!