Being Successful
Health and Wealth
One
definition of Success is
“The
accomplishment of an aim or purpose”
If
the greatest commandment defines our purpose than success is
to
love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength
And
the first cannot be accomplished without
the
second commandment, love your neighbor as yourself
What
are the two most important things in life
What
two things would you put at the top of your list to accomplish success
I
think it is safe to say most people would like
to
have two things on their road to success
Health
and Wealth
Don’t
be wise in your own eyes when it comes to health
Honor
God with your first fruits for continued wealth
One definition of Success is…
“The accomplishment of an aim or
purpose”
If the greatest commandment defines
our purpose
than success is to love the Lord our
God
with all our heart, soul, mind and
strength.
And the first cannot be accomplished
without the
second commandment, love your
neighbor as yourself.
What are the two most important
things in life?
What two things would you put at the
top of your list to accomplish
success?
I think it is safe to say most
people would like
to have two things on their road to
success…
Health and Wealth
Proverbs 3 targets these two keys to
success.
Health is life.
Poor
health will both reduce the time you have in this world
and
your capability to live the life you want to live.
Therefore,
if we want to live for a long time with
a
mind and body that can take us where we want,
Verse 7 and 8 deals with this area
of health.
It is interesting that the only thing God said
in the
Garden of Eden not to do, had to do
with food and health.
Adam and Eve were wise in their own
eyes and ate what they should not
eat.
It not only effected their health
but the
health of their children… which means
us.
Health is a major subject throughout
the Bible.
Sin is many times identified with
sickness.
Jesus spent much of his ministry
healing the sick.
So take care of your health because
it is life.
The second thing we all want on our
road to success is Wealth.
Wealth is one of those funny things.
You have to give it to get it.
It all belongs to God…
“The
earth is the Lord’s and the fullness there of”
God’s Word says…
He has given
us everything we need for life and godliness.
The provision of wealth is all
around us.
Almost 7000 years ago God put the
resources
in the earth and we still have not
depleted them.
Wealth, no matter how small or large
of a portion
we receive, we should honor or thank
God for it.
On the subject of Wealth we find the
principle of “First”.
First always gets done.
Second and third may get done, but
seldom is
there a prize for anything after
third place.
First always shows importance and
value.
If you want to see wealth increase
in your life…
Than take the first of everything
you receive and honor God with it.
When you honor God with the first,
you
won’t come up short when you come to
Him.
When I rent a house, I tell the
renters I get paid first.
That way I don’t have to listen to
the excuses for not paying me.
If the place they live in is not the
most important
to them than I do not want them
renting from me.
You and I are living in the earth
God created with all its resources.
So honor Him first.
Remember the person who is faithful
in little will receive much.
Faithfulness starts with honoring
God first.
Scripture Reading
Proverbs
3:7-10
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the LORD
and shun evil.
8 This will bring health to your body
and nourishment to your bones.
9 Honor the LORD
with your wealth,
with the first fruits of all your crops;
10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing,
and your vats will brim over with new
wine.
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