2 Chron. 31:20-21
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
We all want to be successful—it's built deep into our inner workings. But sin has corrupted our view of success and our ability to achieve it.
Scripture deals with both how we define success and our ability to achieve success. Personally, I have recently focused mainly on bringing my own definition and understanding of success into line with biblical representations of success. But recently I came across an interesting treatment of what we should do to achieve success. It comes from the life of King Hezekiah as found in 2 Chronicles 31 (in the callout to the right).
He did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God ... and prospered.
May we all strive to do the same.
Bill Gothard is comes to mind, right after the Pentecostal televangelists, in emphasizing how to live the Christian life so you have success.
ReplyDeleteWe will have our verdict at the Judgment Seat of Christ as to what our "successes" were.