READING & WRITING SUCCESS
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Success
a) What does the Bible say about success? Are there biblical principles about how we can be successful?
b) Definition of Success: The World Versus The Word
i) As the world sees success, it is the achievement of a social status, completing a goal, reaching an objective or the achievement of an action in a specified set of time.
ii) The way God defines success is so much different than the way the world does. Success to those in the world means achieving something that is useful in this life on earth. Success as God sees it is something that is achieved that is of infinite, eternal value in this life and in the life to come. That is a huge difference indeed. The Bible describes success in a much different way than the world does.
2. Reading And Writing Success
a) If the Book of the Law, the Bible, doesn’t cease from being spoken and read by you and again, as in Psalm 1:1-3, you are meditating on it, and you’re careful to observe what it says, you’ll be prosperous and have success, as far as God defines success. And the way God defines success is the only definition that counts.
Joshua 1:8
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”
b) What God is saying here is to take the Word of God and write the words onto the tablet of our heart. The heart, in the Jewish language, was the seat of intellect. In other words, memorize some of the Bible. If you do this you will have “length of days and years of life” and “you will find favor and good success.” What more could a man or woman want?!
Proverbs 3:1-4
“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.”
The End ...
1. Successa) What does the Bible say about success? Are there biblical principles about how we can be successful?
b) Definition of Success: The World Versus The Word
i) As the world sees success, it is the achievement of a social status, completing a goal, reaching an objective or the achievement of an action in a specified set of time.
ii) The way God defines success is so much different than the way the world does. Success to those in the world means achieving something that is useful in this life on earth. Success as God sees it is something that is achieved that is of infinite, eternal value in this life and in the life to come. That is a huge difference indeed. The Bible describes success in a much different way than the world does.
2. Reading And Writing Success
a) If the Book of the Law, the Bible, doesn’t cease from being spoken and read by you and again, as in Psalm 1:1-3, you are meditating on it, and you’re careful to observe what it says, you’ll be prosperous and have success, as far as God defines success. And the way God defines success is the only definition that counts.
Joshua 1:8
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.”
b) What God is saying here is to take the Word of God and write the words onto the tablet of our heart. The heart, in the Jewish language, was the seat of intellect. In other words, memorize some of the Bible. If you do this you will have “length of days and years of life” and “you will find favor and good success.” What more could a man or woman want?!
Proverbs 3:1-4
“My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man.”
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