Want to Succeed?
Forget the self-help books.
There's only one book with all the wisdom you'll ever need.
The Bible says in Psalm 1...
Whatsoever he does shall prosper. Psalm 1:3
= succeed.
= His kind of success (different from the world's idea of success).
How?
Here's the infallible five point plan.
1) Walk not in the counsel of the ungodly.
= Do not follow the advice of the wicked.
2) Stand not in the way of sinners.
= Don't stand around with sinners.
3) Sit not in the seat of the scornful, the mockers, the scoffers.
It refers to one who is actively engaged in putting down the things of God and His Word.
Scoffing can occur by declaration of words or by declaration of a way of life that scorns the moral absolutes of Scripture and its way of life.
How do people scoff at the Word of God?
(a) By blatant ridicule or rejection. But there are other ways.
(b) By indifference. We think we have better things to do with our time.
(c) By substituting one’s own ideas, experiences, emotions, feelings, or traditions for the Word and its principles.
(d) By listening to the Word proclaimed, but then ignoring it. In essence we scoff at the Word when we fail to obey it and order our lives accordingly.
Note the progression, or rather, regression...
Walking, standing, sitting.
Man is prone to turn aside little by little and become more and more entangled in the web of sin.
4) Delight in the law of the Lord.
Delight in everything the Lord wants.
What are you delighting in?
Is it the Word of God?
5) Meditate on His law day and night.
Day and night think about His law.
= constantly, consistently, and regularly.
With help from http://www.bible.org/
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