Ben Pettit

Reading through various post today and I thought I would respond to Grant’s question about success.

I think success can be defined by your closeness to the Lord. At the end of the day nothing else truly matters. So here is my list of the TOP 5 things I consider as success.

1. Success is sitting in the shadow of the almighty. Just as in Psalm 91:1 where David is describing himself sitting in the shadow created by the translucent tent and the ark of the covenant. Because he couldn’t touch the ark he would sit as close as possible.
2. Success is saying “Here I am, Send Me” found in Isaiah 6:8. It’s laying everything down and saying Lord I will become nothing so you can become everything.
3. When the waters become deep and the waves become rough. Success is anchoring deep by saying Jesus you are my refuge and my strength (Psalm 91:2).
4. Success is, as I learned through my fast, understanding that you were never created, designed, perfectly crafted to live by bread alone. You are sustained by truth from the mouth of the father.
5. And finally, success is Hebrews 12.

• “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, [2] looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Come back tomorrow for my top 5 list of what success is not.