November
23, 2003
DO
YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL?
"Commit
to the Lord all that you do, and your plans will be fulfilled"
(Proverbs 16:3, NEB).
When
people recognize their need and turn to the Lord for guidance
and help in every act and decision, then the powers of heaven
come to their aid and enable them to carry out the decisions
reached under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Their choices,
in harmony with the leading of God's Holy Spirit will be fulfilled.
Jesus
was confronted one day by a man who brought his son with a
"mute spirit" to be healed. The disciples where
unable to help the man's son. "Jesus said to him, 'If
you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.'
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with
tears, 'Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!' " (Mark 9:23,
24). The son was healed by the command of Jesus and the faith
of the father.
On another
occasion Jesus was telling His disciples how hard it is for
a rich man to "enter the kingdom of heaven." The
disciples were greatly disturbed and said, "Who then
can be saved?" Jesus said to them, "With
men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible"
(Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27).
Here
is the secret for successful living; Believing in God and
God's power to fulfill our desires and requests when in harmony
with His principles. If you can believe in God, that He cares
for you and loves you, and you choose to live in harmony with
all that's best for you according to the laws of nature that
have been put in place for you by God for your benefit and
blessing, then you are on your way to living successfully
here and now and forever.
Consider
these prayer promises: Jesus said, "Most
assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works
that I do he will do also.. And whatever you ask in My name,
that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything in My name, I will do it"
(John 14:12-14). John, the disciple wrote the following, "Now
this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask
anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know
that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions that we have asked of Him" (1 John 5:14, 15).
If we
ask for anything that we know is His will, we know that He
hears us and whatever it is that we ask that is according
to His will, it will be fulfilled. May your prayers always
be heard and fulfilled by the One who loves you supremely.
|
