Joshua 1:8
Pastor Rick Jackson
How do you measure success? Would a Heisman award, a
successful pro-football career, a lucrative multi-media (movies, television,
etc.) career and a mansion in California make you a success? Or would 2
divorces, a murder trial, and prison time served for armed robbery void that?
It’s not an easy answer is it? Even when a life is over you
never know what secrets can come out years later that may exonerate a person or
incriminate them. But if you were to look at your own life, right now, up to
this moment, would you consider yourself a success? The Bible will give us some
help in measuring ourselves.
I. ELIMINATE THE
WRONG MEASURES
1. Riches are a wrong measure for many reasons [Ps. 49:6-9,
Lk. 12:16-21]
2. Troubles, sorrows, & misfortune are not necessarily a
measure of failure [Is. 53:3, Job]
3. Others are a wrong measure of success [2 Cor. 10:12]
II. ACCENTUATE THE
RIGHT MEASURES
1. A life of spiritual growth & development [2 Pt. 3:18]
It is not egotism to be able to say, "I understand the
Bible better now than I did 5 years ago"
2. A life lived for the good of others [Phil. 1:23-27]
3. A life lived for Christ [Mk. 10:28-31]
"Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what's done
for Christ will last."
III. DO IT NOW!
1. Examine your salvation [2 Cor. 13:5, 6:2]
2. Ask God to examine you [Ps. 139:23-24]
3. Deal with what you find [1 Cor. 11:31-32, 1 Jn. 1:9]
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