The true measure of success

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: The true measure of success lies in the quality of our heart, our inner life, our character, and our spiritual makeup. We need to focus on reprogramming our values and aspirations to align with God's priorities, which are not the same as the world's. The key to success is having a heart that pleases the Lord, and if we focus on that, the rest will come. The Christian life is not about external changes, but about becoming a new person with a heart of flesh, not of stone. We need to prioritize the fruit of the spirit, such as humility, love, meekness, peace, joy, benevolence, goodness, justice, generosity, and grace.

To live in Christ, we must have a heart that pleases the Lord. The devil operates where there is a crooked heart, so we must cleanse ourselves of everything that does not align with Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God. David was successful because of the quality of his heart, which was after God's own heart. Our primary agenda should be to please the Lord and work on the inner quality of our spirit as followers of Jesus Christ. There is nothing wrong with desiring good things in life, but our priorities must be correct, and we must allow God to reprogram our minds and hearts. We must present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, and continually allow God to operate on us to reconfigure our interior.

The Christian life is a continuous intervention of God on us, every day. God is shaping and molding us through all of life's struggles and experiences, even before we knew Him. Everything that has happened in our lives is part of God's path for us. We should not live as victims, but rather see everything as part of God's plan. God is intentional and loves to smile at things that we do not see that are happening. He forms kings through activities that prepare their character for what He wants to do with them. God works in the small things of life and reads our heart. If our heart is pleasing to God, we are the most successful person in the world, even if we never achieve great material glory. In the end, it is not about what we have done, but if our heart pleased God.

Success in life is not about fame, wealth or status. It is about pleasing God with a heart full of love, kindness, generosity and humility. Even if we haven't accomplished great things, if we have a heart that pleases God, we will be successful. Let us strive to be like Christ, and may our lives be a sweet aroma that blesses others. Let us ask for forgiveness for our shortcomings and strive to be better each day. May our community reflect the best values of God's kingdom. Amen.

What is success? What is it to be a successful person in life? And what I want to suggest to you is that the true measure of success lies in the quality of our heart, who we are, the quality of our inner life, our character, our spiritual makeup, who we are before God and how God treats us. go. That is the true measure of success. I want to encourage you to think about that main idea. And how understanding this should reconfigure our aspirations and our ambitions to put our energies where we need to put them in order to become truly successful people and then feel happy with our lives.

In First Samuel, chapter 16, he tells us about Samuel, the prophet, and how God directs him to go to the house of a specific man named Jesse. Jesse lives in the village of Bethlehem, and I imagine that for many of you who know the Bible, this immediately triggers an association because Jesus was born in Bethlehem and David is the progenitor, he is the ancestor, he is the ancestor of Jesus. Jesus came from the tribe of Judah where David came from and there is a direct blood lineage, going from David right through to Jesus. That is to say, that he was a direct ancestor in the flesh of Jesus.