Has Success Buried You?

Has Success Buried You?Ecclesiastes 4:4

“Then I saw that all hard work and skillful effort come from rivalry. Even this is pointless.

It’s like trying to catch the wind.”

Has Success Buried You?Ecclesiastes 4:6

“One handful of peace and quite is better than two

handfuls of hard work and of trying to catch the wind.”

Has Success Buried You?

Buried byFinancial Provision

Has Success Buried You?

Buried byLong Hours

Has Success Buried You?

Buried byWorkplace identity

Has Success Buried You?

Buried byThe money you have

Has Success Buried You?

Buried byPast accomplishments

Has Success Buried You?

Buried bySuccess of your children

Has Success Buried You?

Buried byAll the attempts at SuccessAnd if that image is taken away,You lose your identity.

Have Success Buried You?

Philippians 3:7-9

God does want us to be successful

God put in us a certain passion to excel

A Healthy Ambition.

Success

The positive resolution or completion of a task

or purpose

SuccessAt what?

Godly purpose is at odds with the world

Worldly SuccessExpects Perfection

Nothing less

God has no expectation of our perfection

Fail“A failing; deficience; cessation of

supply, or total defect. As the failure of springs or streams;”

“Omission; non-performance”

Fail“A failing; deficience; cessation of

supply, or total defect. As the failure of springs or streams;”

Cessation of Supply

Would be our effort

World defines success as a destination

God defines success as a process

I am SuccessfulI will be Loved

I am unsuccessfulI am Unloved

God alreadyRadically Loves You

RegardlessOf what level of

success you have had in your life.

Created to do good worksMatthew 5:16

“let your light shine before others, so that they may see

your good works and give glory to your Father who is

in heaven.”

Created to do good works2 Timothy 2:21

“…he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every

good work.”

I don’t have to be THE best

I just have to give MY best- to the glory of God

Accept how much God Radically Loves you

And you are worthy of it.

Then you will notbe performance driven

Doing good and living right should be a RESPONSE to a

Radically Loving God,

NOT a performance plan to earn love from Him.

Discovering who God Created You to be

You are Madein God’s image

Discover who He is

Discovering who God Created You to be

As I learn about Him,

I learn about myself.

Discovering who God Created You to be

Define yourself asGod Radically Loves You

You are WORTHY of His Radical Love

He wants to do awesome eternal things with your life.

Discovering who God Created You to be

His Radical Love for you will be an intimate part of the foundation of His

plan for you