Are You Successful?
Last Saturday, the MYFers have pondered on an important issue concerning personal living. Success, something that everyone hopes to become, yet its definition is so wide-ranged, and with no clear direction. That night, led by Bro. Daniel, we studied on how Bible define Success: It is not what you have ACHIEVED, or what you have POSSESSED, but to live out a kind of LIFE, that is the life of Christ.
Since we believe in Christ, by faith, we had been given the life of Christ inside us, and the oldself is dead, and now the life of Jesus Christ is in us. That is why our present life is a new one, a Holy and Perfect in God's sight-Because Jesus, the Life of His Son is INSIDE US. Therefore, to claim as successful, it is not seeing from the oldself-perspective: Everything that is considering successful-possessions of earthly inheritance, or career achievement and so on, is not the correct answer anymore, because it is not relevant to eternity. Eternity lasts forever, and it ought to be the core value of living on earth. We Live to prepare for eternity.
Therefore, the true success is to become like Jesus Christ, because He is the first born in God's family, and we are heirs of God because of Jesus. In order to inherits the Heavenly Kingdom, we are required to grow and become like Jesus (note that we are not planned to BE Jesus, but to BECOME LIKE Jesus). Often a time when we talk about Spiritual Growth, we don't know what we really ask for-we don't have a direction. Who we want to become in terms of Spiritual Maturity? Only one Answer: Become like Jesus Chrsit.
God shows us His desire to make us grow to become like Jesus by: First, Creating us in His own image, therefore we have to potential to inherits all His attributes; Second, to bring us out of darkness and safe us into His family, through the Blood of jesus Christ His Son, Thirdly, He give us His Spirit, the Spirit that proves to us and make us call our God: Abba Father. Lastly, He gave us His Words, so that we may know His desire, and help us to know how to live and where are we going to be in eternity.
I believe brothers and sisters have some precious times to pondered over the concept of Success in Bible, which is totally contradict towards the earthly value. Success is all about what kind of Life you live, and the most successful life ever lived on earth is the life of Jesus Christ.
So, are you successful? I pray that God will make you successful, by the work of His Holy Spirit in you..
by~Daniel
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