(This is a picture of the Mount of Olives. Notice the gravesites in the foreground.)
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May I ask you, what will give you satisfaction as being successful? Will it be a fat salary or a well-respected reputation?
Perhaps it is well to note the power of the passage in John chapter 9, where Jesus takes a down-and-out blind beggar and gives him sight. This is a new man, with a whole new life ahead of him! Mark now what the people ask him and how he answers ...
(I'll paraphrase this.)
"You look familiar, but the guy we knew who looked like you was blind," the people said.
"It's me, for sure, " answers the former blind man.
"Well, wait a minute," the people respond. "How did you get to be able to see?"
"You see, Jesus did it all..." answers the new man.
Notice that all his success starts with Jesus. He gave no opinion of himself or of anything or anyone but Jesus. Jesus was the reason for the miracle, and it's Jesus who gets the credit. THAT is success for the Christian, friends. It's Jesus first and foremost. Please remember this throughout your career, and no matter where you go, you will find that for the Christian, this is true!
