What is success to you? Is it money, education, family, what car you drive, or who you hang out with? What is the trait that binds all of those things I just listed together? Yep, they are all dealing with the what we look like on the outside.
1 Samuel 16 describes the anointing of David, the shepherd boy king. Samuel walks in, sees these big, strong sons of Jesse and assumed that one of them would be the next King of Israel. Oh, how he was wrong. David, the littlest of them all, was anointed that day. Why? Because, despite what he looked like on the outside, God knew David’s heart.
In the same way, God knows ours. He understands our strengths and our weaknesses. He sees who we are and who we can become. He has a purpose and a plan for us even if we seem like the most unqualified of the bunch.
God’s unfailing love and consistent grace is why we can achieve success. It is not by how well we know our craft, but how well we know our Saviour. Not how long we spend at work, but how long we spend cultivating a relationship with Our Father. Because it is in Him we find life.
My friends, success without God is nothing…worthless. David needed God’s guidance in order to build the Kingdom. We need His guidance to do the same.
“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” James 4:10 NKJV
Live fearlessly in Him! Be blessed!
Boldly Radiant 