Success According To God's Design...

I'm wondering, has it become the case that you so want things to be a certain way that you're starting to become impatient and frustrated?

Even worse, is your over-anxiousness starting to move you towards wrong choices and decisions...in an effort to MAKE the good you want come to you faster?

My friend, you don't "make" good come to you. Rather, you DO the right things that LET good MATERIALIZE in your life.

Maybe, after you finish reading this article, it would be a good time for you to open up your Bible to the story of Abraham and Sara and the mistakes they made...the pain they cost themselves...the trouble they caused themselves and others...trouble that's still going on today...all because they were over-anxious to have the child God had told them He would give them.

Now, permit me to remind you of something...

God's primary mode of operation is the Law of Sowing and Reaping...the Law of Seasons...the Law of Process...

YOUR business is sowing right thoughts and right actions so that you reap the good you desire.

And here's the deal...there is ALWAYS an interval of time between the sowing and reaping. No person has ever planted something good and immediately harvested the fruits and rewards...never!

What is that period in the middle between planting and harvesting?

It's the period of GROWTH, right?

It's YOUR time for growth...it's YOUR time to increase your capacity to provide value to mankind and your ability to bring glory to God.

So, when you ACCEPT God's design of sowing...GROWTH...reaping, THEN life becomes much easier, happier, and enjoyable. There's far less stress and frustration. You can just relax into knowing that your good is on its way...that it is materializing.

And besides...right now...during this period when YOU GET TO GROW...everything really is ok. Is it perfect and ideal? Probably not...but overall, you really are ok.

Now, let me make a slight shift...the sooner a person gets focused on sowing their OWN good, the sooner they can start reaping their OWN good.

Why am I saying this?

There are those people who both sow "bad stuff" in their own garden of life and they neglect taking care of it. But, when harvest time comes, they don't want the LACK that their "LACK of good sowing" has produced.

So then, they look around and want some "neighbor" who has sowed "goodness and blessings"...one who harnessed and directed his/her mind and activities for goodness and blessings...one who put a lot of hard work into taking care of his/her garden of life...to give of his/her good harvest to them...even though they've done nothing to deserve or earn the good that the "neighbor" has worked so hard to produce.

In Matthew 25 we read about 10 virgins...all of them were good people...but five of them were wise ones who took care of their OWN good...and the other five were foolish because they "wanted" the wise ones to give them of their "good"...and they were instructed to go get their own good for themselves.

We each have to take care of our own harvest by first sowing and then growing into the harvest we want.

That's the model the Bible gives us.

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane

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The "Something" That's Behind Blessings, Success, And Significance

There's a particular "something" that all truly blessed, successful, and significant people have...

Because of the inherent desire that's in all of us to be blessed, successful, and significant there are many who have studied, researched, and sought to find out what exactly it is in those rare people who are truly blessed, successful, and significant. People have spent years trying to find out...and when they are done, they come back and tell us about traits, characteristics, and behaviors such as:

• Vision
• Courage
• Confidence
• Action
• Skills
• Knowledge
• Wisdom
• Etc.

These all sound good...these are all important...but, where does a person get these at?

Where do these come from?

How does one acquire these so that they can gain blessings, success, and significance?

Well, I've got good news for you...there IS a "something" that's deeper than all of these traits, characteristics and behaviors...there is a "something" that's behind all of these and when a person has this "something" all of these other traits, characteristics, and behaviors automatically and naturally flow out of it.

Because you're here reading this, you get to find out what it is...

The "something" that truly blessed, successful, and significant people have is an unshakeable belief in the goodness, nearness, friendliness, and supportiveness of the Lord to them. They are fully persuaded that God has good plans, intentions, and desires for them and they can't wait to do something so that goodness can begin to materialize and manifest in their life.

When you are in right relationship with God through Jesus Christ and you have THIS belief resonating at the very core of who you are, THEN, vision, courage, confidence, action, etc. just naturally and automatically flow through you.

Stated differently, when you genuinely believe that the Spirit of the Living God wants to flow to and through you for good, and operate accordingly, then you will naturally and automatically exhibit the characteristics that bring about blessings, success, and significance.

King David...the killer of Goliath...the man after God's own heart...had this. We can see it in scriptures like this one:

"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living." Psalms 27:13

But, here's the kicker...many people believe that God is good...but just not to them. Many people believe that God is near...to others. There are those who believe that God is friendly and supportive...of somebody else.

And with this belief, they BLOCK God's goodness in their own lives.

You'll hear these people complaining about the economy...about lack of opportunity...about limited resources...and they deny the power of God in their lives.

You don't believe me?

Well, what are you going to do with God's Word that says:

"the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD." Psalms 33:5

And...

"the goodness of God endureth continually." Psalms 52:1

And...

"we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy [God's] house" Psalms 65:4

You know what I think?

I think you're better than the way you've been thinking and believing up until now. I think it's time for you to look at the following verse in a new way:

"Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?" Romans 2:4

Are you guilty of not believing that God's goodness applies to you?

If so, I encourage you to repent...to ask the Lord to forgive you for your unbelief (Mark 9:24) and begin to REALLY believe in the goodness of God towards YOU!

Your blessings, success, and significance depends upon it.

Peace, love, and blessings,
Lane

Copyright © 2010 by Lane Fox, MillionairesForJesus.com

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