True success is by God’s Spirit. The “success” that comes from the world, through human efforts or abilities is temporal. However, the one that comes through the Word of God is eternal; it never fades away!

 

For instance, when you stand your ground in faith and proclaim God’s Word for a job, business, project, etc., and you get results, those results that come from your faith in the Word of God have life in them.

 

This is different from another fellow who gets his’ through human charisma or physical abilities. The latter’s success is temporal, while yours is eternal, because it has an eternal testimony of the Word of God that takes you from one level of glory to another.

 

When God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt and took them into the Promised Land—the land of their inheritance—He said to them, “If you start thinking to yourselves, ‘I did all this. And all by myself. I’m rich. It’s all mine!’--well, think again.

 

Remember that GOD, your God, gave you the strength to produce all this wealth so as to confirm the covenant that he promised to your ancestors--as it is today” (Deuteronomy 8:17-18 MSG). In other words, they were to give God the glory, knowing it wasn’t by their abilities, but through the power of His Word that they were delivered. They were to remember it as a testimony.

 

Your testimony of His grace and success continues in your life as you testify to the power of His Word at work in you, and on your behalf. Your success story won’t cease as long as you keep acting on the Word and testifying accordingly. Don’t depend on your natural wisdom or abilities; trust in the Lord! Act on His Word; build with the Word and you’ll always win, for in Him resides eternal success.