Success Through His Words

SUCCESS THROUGH HIS WORDS

Study Text: Joshua 1: 8

“This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth but thou shall meditate there in day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shall make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shall have good success”.

Introduction:

- God is interested in our success and prosperity in all that we do as His children, though not in our own way but in His own way, and under His supervision. God's success is what the Bible calls "a good success."

- The world says, "Success is setting a goal for something and then accomplishing it." Most of the time the manner and mode of the accomplishment is not considered. God has another standard. What the world may call success, God may say is a failure. And what the world says is a failure, God may say is success.

- The key or secret to success in the life of a believer is “consistently spending time with the Lord in His Word each day. Every area of our lives must be built on the Word of God, and His Word must be the standard for our living. 2 Timothy 3: 16-17

- So when God said you will have good success, it tells you straight away that there are successes and there are successes; some success can be good, some can be bad.

- And he said if you want your own success to be good; this book of the law, the bible, shall not depart from your mouth but you shall meditate upon it day and night. To observe and to do all that is written therein. Psalm 1: 2

- He said if you study the bible very well, you meditate on it and you do what is written in it, he said your success is guaranteed.

- In Job 36: 11 the word of the Lord said if you will obey and serve the Lord, then you will spend your days in prosperity and your years in pleasure.

- If you obey and serve the Lord, you have nothing to worry about, He said all your days you will be spending it in prosperity, your years; you will be spending it in pleasure.

- Good success has many facets; it involves:

i. Having prosperity without adversity.

ii. Having promotion without the possibility of demotion.

iii. Having deliverance without returning to bondage again.

iv. Having healing without any trace of infirmities.

v. Having victory without the possibility of a future defeat.

vi. Having the anointing and the grace of God that cannot be exhausted.

vii. Having salvation without backsliding

- Good success, but the Journey to Good Success begins when you surrender your life totally and sincerely to Jesus, because Philippians 4: 13 says I can do all things through Christ which strengths me.

- It is only if you have Christ, and remain in Him, that you can succeed and keep on succeeding forever and ever, because He will keep on supplying the strength.

- We shall consider this topic under three sub-headings:

1. His Word: Our Consideration

2. His Word: Our Communication

3. His Word: Our Conversation

1. His Word: Our Consideration

- Success is not having money, power, or affluence. Success is not having prestige, position or prominence. Success is not having your name known all over the world, and enjoying the applause and accolades of men.

- Success is discovering and doing the will of God for your life. Success is fulfilling the purpose for which God created you in the first place. Success is discovering your God-given gifts and using them to fulfil your God-given destiny.

- Biblical success is not something we just stumble into, if you want success God’s way then you have to go after success in God’s way. If you want to live a successful life God’s way, then you have to stop living for yourself, and start living for the Lord in the light of His words.

- If we are going to be successful in every other area of our Christian life we must make the Word of God a priority. Psalm 1: 1-3. God gives three principles for staying in the middle of His Word:

i. Study it continually – “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night…” Psalm 119:105 says, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path”.

ii. Observe it faithfully – “…that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein…”

iii. Enjoy it abundantly – “… for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”