Steemians' Devotional: SUCCESS GOD’S WAY!
If you asked ten people what the definition of success was, no doubt you would get ten different answers. Some people think that success is having lots of money, power and avoid criticism, but success is discovering and doing the will of God for your life. The Word of God said, "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 success." If you’re going to have success God’s way then you’ve to do things God’s way, so success starts with changing your perspectives and practices and embracing God’s perspectives and practices. God gives us three things we must change if we’re going to live a life of success His way.
If you’re going to live a life of success, first YOU MUST CHANGE THE WAY YOU SPEAK. The Word of God says in Proverbs 18:21 that “Death and life are in the power of the tongue…” Our words can bring life to us and I believe our words can bring death to us also. If a person says, “I WISH I WERE DEAD” then that that person is inviting the spirit of death to come to their lives. If a husband says “I want out of this marriage, then he has pronounced the end of that relationship. If a pregnant mother says, “I don’t want this baby” then that mother is pronouncing a word curse upon that unborn child and is risking loosing that pregnancy through the words that are coming out of her mouth.
How many children have been discouraged from even trying because of some teacher who spoke a curse over their lives by telling them they were stupid to learn? How many people are locked inside an emotionally cell from self-hatred and failure because their parents spoke a word curse over their lives when they were young? Words have a supernatural power and what we allow to come out of our mouths has a way of becoming reality in our lives because death and life are in the power of the tongue. Success begins with speaking things that aren’t as though they were! Success begins with the meditations of your heart being acceptable in His sight! Success begins with us by allowing the word of faith to come forth out of our mouths. Brothers and sisters, we must develop the habit of speaking success even before our success is manifested in the natural.
Secondly not only must you change the way you speak but you must also change the way you think. The Bible says in Proverbs 23:7, AS A MAN THINKS, SO IS HE. All of us have heard doctors and nutritionists say for years YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT, but I want you to know that the Bible declares YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK! No person can usually behave in a way that contradicts what they believe about themselves. Whatever you usually think about is what you will inevitably become. If you think you’re a success, you are! If you think you’re a failure, you are! If you think you’re old, washed-up and weak, then you will be old, washed and weak no matter how old you really are! and if you think you’re strong, smart and full of life, then you will be strong, smart and full of live no matter how old you are! You are what you think you are. Our minds are the building blocks of who we are and what we will eventually become. Our minds have the power to fill our lives with hope or our thoughts have the power to fill our lives with despair. YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE!
SUCCESSFUL THINKING LEADS TO SUCCESSFUL LIVING
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. - Romans 12:2
In order to have success God’s way, you must first change the way you speak, God told Joshua that the book of the law should not depart out of his mouth and we discovered that you must speak the word of faith in order to live a life of success. And secondly, if you want to have success God’s way, then you must change the way you think. God told Joshua that he should meditate on the Word day and night. But finally, if you’re going to have success God’s way, you must change the way you act.
Thank you steemians for reading my inpirational post and I hope you were bless...
Resteemed your article. This article was resteemed because you are part of the New Steemians project. You can learn more about it here: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@gaman/new-steemians-project-launch
thank you @gaman for support :)
Mahilig ka din magbasa NG bible, talagang malaki naitutulong saatin Lalo nasa ngayon, very practical parin Ang biblia kahitna it ay lumana.
Yes. For me, Bible is Man's manual. It guides you on how to live with righteousness and giving us information about God's nature. Thank you for appreciating my post. hope you were bless from it :)