Faith Defines Success

What’s Biblical Faith Looks Like - Faith Defines Success > Faith points to God and his promises

1. Success is always doing your best.

2. Success is setting concrete goals.

3. Success is having a place to call home.

4. Success is understanding the difference between need and want.

5. Success is believing you can.

6. Success is remembering to balance work with passion.

7. Success is taking care of your needs.

8. Success is learning that you sometimes have to say no.

9. Success is knowing your life is filled with abundance.

10. Success is understanding you cannot keep what you don’t give away.

11. Success is overcoming fear.

12. Success is learning something new each day.

13. Success is learning that losing a few battles can help you win a war.

14. Success is loving and being loved back.

15. Success is standing your ground when you believe in something.

16. Success is not giving up.

17. Success is celebrating small victories.

18. Success is never letting a disability hold you back.

19. Success is understanding that you control your destiny.

The Bottom Line

Success can be defined in many ways. If you are experiencing happiness, love, or adventure in this moment, you’ve already found success. Keep it up.

Cotton Candy & Unicorns

Obvious visible signs

God’s Community on the move

Conquered Kingdoms

Enforced justice

Obtained promises

Individual Deliverance from death

Shut the mouths of lions

Quenched the power of fire

Escaped the edge of the sword

Spirit Empowered

Were made strong out of weakness

became mighty in war

put foreign armies to flight

Obvious visible failure - but Spiritual win

Not delivered out of weakness

Health and wealthy stupidity

Received Abuse

Excluded - like Abraham - aliens and transients - out of step with society

The people of God have always been a minority, pilgrim people

Yet God defines worthy and unworthy

Their faith was in the promise of a homeland with God. Jesus makes that homeland possible

Hebrews Bridge

If he ordains victory through faith, as he did through many of the judges and David, faith rejoices in the goodness God gives. If there is torture, death, and suffering, faith holds on to God, knowing that a “better resurrection” is coming and that the pain and torment of the present world will not last.