What is your measurement of success?

A few decades ago, before my personal relationship with Christ, I defined success as achievement and performance… how did my cooking and baking skills compare… did I excel at entertaining… was my home decorated in style… were the clothes I bought quality… were my artistic ventures judge worthy… did I cultivate the right relationships… were the gifts I purchased on target… was I having fun and enjoying life?  And, it’s okay to be the best God created me to be… however in recent years… even months… I am seeing beyond my limited past view and looking through the lens of Jesus, for His definition of genuine success.

My flesh has a wild repertoire… impatience, fits of bad temper, hurt feelings, withdrawing, finger pointing, procrastination, shopping to excess… yada, yada, yada.

Yes, I’m human… thankfully… which means I’m capable of learning new ways to live life more meaningfully.  Just last night, in our final session on The Inheritance, Beth Moore stated that true success is the ability to manifest Christ when I’m negatively insulted by someone … by responding with a right spirit.  This was not a new Truth to me… I have put it into practice many times over the last decade… the difference now is I'm more cautious to not hold grudges or withdraw.  I’m tempted to, but the Spirit within tugs at my heart reminding me that He is the Truth, The Way and the Light… and His Way is the Only Way… to be successful.

And realizing God will multiply blessings toward me for doing what is right in the first place points to His Crown… His Greatness... His Glory.  My flesh would prefer to just call it out the way I see it, but my eyes have been opened to a higher purpose...

v      a responsibility to Call Upon The Name of the Lord... and be saved

v      to pray Grace over those who insult

v      to remember what’s true:  I’m a child of the Most High God… 

     a daughter of the King... an heiress - chosen by God.

He set the bar high… but as a woman abandoned twice as a child and once as a teenager… to be chosen adds depth to a relationship.  Jesus gave His all for me, He chased me for years, and He has promised to never leave me nor forsake me.  The least I can do for him is attempt to forfeit my flesh, remember to call upon His Name, pursue Him with complete abandon, and strive to love unconditionally.