Responsible Success

 

Success-minded people have a great responsibility in life. Since we are learning the ways of a successful life and what it means to stand for what is good and right, we must share that information with the world we live in. Not our opinion on things but the principles of the success-minded person. This is what we will one day answer for: how we added value to our world. As Mark Driscoll, Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, said, “In the end, our opinion does not matter. We will not die and stand before a mirror to give account.”

This is why success-minded people need to be involved in their communities and the world God has placed them in. They should be in business, politics, religious work, community service, and education. I feel C.S. Lewis put it best when he said, “What we want is not more books about Christianity, but more books by Christians on other subjects.” Remember that we are to be a light to the world.

“If we wish to free ourselves from enslavement, we must choose freedom

and the responsibility this entails.”

Leo Buscaglia

1924-1998

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Too often, people, even success-minded people, think that Christians are only to deal with spiritual things and leave the “secular world” alone. That is not the command we have from the Lord. We are to show the world what it means to be a believer in Jesus Christ by the life we lead. Christians should be the most upright, honest, caring, and hard-working people in the community. Others should know us because we live the principles we talk about, not because we insist that others live by them.

Christianity is not a religion but a lifestyle. It is who we are, not just what we believe. Do not allow the world to define you or restrict you. Just be who you are and be an example of how believers live. Like Paul told young Timothy, we are to show in “speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity,” an example of those that believe. We are the only Bible most people will read. We are what most will come to know as a success-minded person. If it isn’t really for us, if it doesn’t work for us, they will never accept it.

Our purpose here is to be an example. We are to be salt and light in a dark and dying world. It is a big responsibility, but it comes with success. If one of us fails, we all fail. Together we can see things change for the better. God made us for this moment.

“The Lord has made everything for its own purpose.”

Proverbs 16:4

 

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