Don't Be Fooled By Your Earthly Success

People often wonder why the sinful seem to prosper than Christians. As a child of God you are struggling, whatever you do does not seem to be coming up alright. When you look the next person who does not even know the door to a church building he or she is making it big. That often distresses the children of God. Why non-believers seem to be successful?

This is the same question that bothered David at some point. He said, “When I thought how to understand this, it was too painful for me – until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end. Surely you set them in slippery places, you cast them to destruction,” (Psalm 73:16-18).

David could not find an answer until he went into the presence of the Lord. When he finally got hold of this secret his mood changed for the better and committed himself to draw near to God. The fellowship with God gave him the joy, knowing that God will hold his hand and guide him through.

The enemy has blinded people of the world to think that they are succeeding because of their efforts and there ‘aint nothing stopping them’ to take on the world. They will never see that they are headed for destruction because they are walking in darkness.

The good news is that Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God is life. God so loved the world that He sacrificed His son to save us from destruction. “But God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were sinners, Christ died for us,” (Romans 5:8).

Jesus declared Himself as the light of the world (John 8:12) and whoever will follow Him shall not walk in darkness but will have the light of life. Later in his life John writes, “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all,” (1 John 1:5).

We cannot continue to walk in darkness and claim we are also in fellowship with God. To walk in darkness simply means living a sinful life. We have a commandment from God to repent from our sins. It is true that we have a sinful nature as human beings, which is the work of the devil but Christ was manifested to destroy the works of the devil. 

It is impossible to have fellowship with God whilst you are still in darkness and thus it is impossible to have fullness of joy whilst you are still walking in darkness. The challenge is that the things that pertains to God are spiritual and without the Spirit of God you cannot fully grasp them. 

You have to accept Christ as your Saviour and by the grace of God, through your faith you will be saved. You have to believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord.  Don’t be fooled by your earthly success, it is worth nothing without Jesus! Join us next week as we get to understand the goodness of 'Living in Christ'.