Success in God’s Eyes
November 26, 2023 / Scott GrimmSuccess in God’s Eyes
Proverbs 30:24-28
Five Lies about Success
Lie #1: To be successful, you have to be beautiful and have a great personality. (Prov. 31:30)
Lie #2: To be successful, you have to be smart. (I Cor. 3:20)
Lie #3: To be successful, you have to be strong. (Psalm 147:10).
Lie #4: To be successful, you have to be wealthy. (Jer. 9:23)
Lie #5: To be successful, you have to be religious. (I Sam. 15:22-23)
Success involves accumulating wisdom.
Wisdom: Seeing life from God’s and choosing the way that Him.
Four Biblical Models of True Success
The Ant
Key to Success #1: to reach an objective with daily . (Prov. 30:25; Matt. 6:19-21; I cor. 9:24; Prov. 13:4)
The Rock Badger
Key to Success #2: your house on something stronger than . (Prov. 30:26; Matt. 7:24, 26; Ps. 1:1-3; 13:20)
The Locust
Key to Success #3: Learn to within a larger . (Prov. 30:27; Eph. 4:11-12)
The Lizard
Key to Success #4: Be . (Prov. 30:28)
Success: Living a life unimpressed with and unshaken by the but emboldened and encouraged by the . (Rev. 2:10)