Look around you at all the successful people in the world. I am sure you could make a list of 10 successful people without hesitation. You can be as successful and more likely MORE successful than they are.
What is it that those people have that you do not? Money? Mansions? Hot cars and hotter women? Do they live the life you wish to have with parties, famous people and powerful people of the world? You do not have to be left behind.
John D. Rockefeller, the world's first billionaire when asked 'How much money is enough?" replied 'Just a little bit more'. Was John D. Rockefeller successful? Compared to everyone else in the world, he was very successful, rich and could have anything money could buy, but he just needed a little bit more money. Why? Because he was not satisfied. He had not yet succeeded in gaining all he wanted. He was not yet successful in his own eyes.
Movie stars, star athletes, famous singers and others are in the news every day because with all that they have they are not happy. Successful at being famous and rich is not true success because it didn't bring happiness and fulfillment. So they overdose on drugs, commit suicide, drink themselves to death and try anyway they can to get rid of the pain of their lives.
Success is found in being content with where you are, but success is never stagnate. You must grow every day, because to remain in one place your life will slowly grow old and stale. But, what are we growing toward? What is the goal of our life? We have seen that money, fame and power are bad goals. Happiness is a goal but how do we attain it and grow in happiness? What makes us truly successful so that we have a life of fulfillment and happiness?
"Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart," Psalm 37:3-4
What we desire is found in Christ and Christ alone. Fame and riches are poor methods to find happiness, love, joy, peace, security, or any other truly satisfying state of mind. This will sound crazy to some people but if we search our hearts to find what we truly want in life, we will discover that nothing in this world can satisfy us outside of Jesus Christ.
Success is not found in what you seek, but in who you live for.
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