Succesful Failures

Have you ever met someone who is successful? I mean really successful. One of my bosses at a previous job was successful. He was a lawyer and had a thriving practice that he built. He made a lot more money than I could ever dream of making, yet there was something wrong. He was so caught up in his life that he never really enjoyed it... Or at least that's how it appeared to me. He is presently on his third marriage, he is hardly home, and he is always stressed out. Don't get me wrong--he was one of the best bosses I have ever had, but at the same time I look at him and don't want However, I continue to see people who are successful and am increasingly convinced that we have been lied to. Money is not wrong and having it isn't wrong, but if that is what your life's goal is then I think it's time to reexamine your priorities.

Stephen Covey said "You can climb the ladder of success and realize it's leaning on the wrong wall." Success isn't about making money or having a good life. Success... True success is following God's call on your life. Ephesians 1:18 says "Having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, which is the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints". And then again in Ephesians 4:1 Paul says "I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called." God has a purpose and calling on your life, and you will only be happy when you follow Him wholly. If you succeed at the wrong thing, you fail. In what areas of your life are you seeking to be successful? Where should you be succeeding? God's call on your life may be for you to find success in business, or in acting, or even in plumbing. Whatever it is that God has called you to... You have to follow the calling, otherwise you may wake up one day and realize that your ladder is leaning on the wrong wall. In what manner will you choose to be successful?