Success means different things to different people. Success is not meant for just a select few. It cuts across race, age and gender. Everyone is entitled to it; provided the person is willing and poised to accurately apply the necessary principles. Success is all about maximizing potential. And maximizing our potential will require stepping out of your comfort zone. It will involve consciously stretching yourself beyond your limits. It will entail challenging yourself to start taking some bold and difficult but valuable steps. Your decision to discover and maximize your God-given potential will decide your destiny.
How do we evaluate success? Is it determined by affluence? Is it by fame? Success is not a function of fortune or fame. It is much more than a household name. The value of true success is based on a life well spent on planet earth. Success is a step by step progress towards achieving a God-given goal. It means being in the centre of God’s will for your life. Success involves doing exactly what you were wired to do here on earth.
You cannot afford to depend on your human ability to achieve outstanding success. You need divine strength. Only God has what it takes that will equip you to achieve complete success in every area of your life. So crave the grace of God. The grace of God is the favour of God. Daily, you need to grow in the grace. You need divine favour to be able to produce the God kind of success. The favour of God provokes favour with men. Seek to walk in favour with God and you will not struggle where others have struggled. When you walk in divine favour uncommon doors will open to you.
(From the book Qualities of Outstanding Women by Linda Nweke)