What is your definition of success?

If you haven’t thought about it, then you are probably following the world’s definition. But being a Christian, you probably have a Christian-twist to it. “I just want to do my best (earn enough) to be able to serve God and others…” Or something modest like that.

But where did your definition of success come from? Or where are you trying to draw it from? What if it has already been defined for us? What if it is NOT something we are to discover for ourselves (as the individualist American mindset would tell us)?

It is success only if it is success in God’s eyes. What is success in God’s eyes? Sacrifice, anonymity, servitude, obedience.

On Jesus’ final week on earth, He rides a donkey into Jerusalem. This is a symbol of King’s entry into his city. But a week later, He is rejected, jeered, and crucified. He went to Jerusalem not to be served but to serve; not to flourish, but to die. And He tells us to do the same.

So, we are not going to be known by:
– How much we have earned but how much we have given away.
– How many people admire us but who admires us (God).
– How long we have lived but how we have died.
– How many are serving us but who we are serving. (Those in need)

If we do this right, we will seem like utter failures in the world’s eyes (Jesus was seen as a failed rabble-rouser)

PH