Since my childhood days till now, I've heard and still hear people say "education is the key to success".
Well, during my school days I used to agree with them because I believed education is really the key to success. I believed this quote so much because back then, I thought everybody who owns a house and a car is successful most especially those who work in government.
This quote really ruled my life until some few years ago when God opened my understanding to know what real success means.
Success according to what God showed me is not in riches but in living a fulfilled life- thus living a life that is driven by your God given destiny.
The Bible states clearly God's intention before, during and after creation.
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
God’s original intent for man is for man to have dominion over evert other creature. Man was given the power to dominate but he sold it out to Satan through disobedience.
Since the time man lost his SONSHIP rights, he has been looking for things that he could use to fill the vacuum within him. Man has been looking for something in which he could find success and he eventually found a lookalike success in education.
Education is good because it gives you a certain kind of knowledge and also gets you a job from which you can earn a living BUT what education does not do is that it doesn’t make you successful.
Many are the people who have died without being successful not because they lacked education. Most trusted professors of higher academic institutions died the same way. Most of them died not because they lacked money but because life was meaningless to them.
What education teaches is: study hard, pass your exams, get good academic laurels, get a good job, raise a family, grow old and die.
*The meaning to life cannot be found in education because it is higher than education.
Now let’s define success.
Success is living, walking in your God-given path and working your God-given work.
Let me explain.
Each and every one living on planet earth is created to solve a problem which will positively affect the lives of generations. So it is only when you identify your God-given task and work to achieve it that you can be called a successful person.
Dr. Myles Munroe of blessed memory said “the greatest tragedy is not death but life without a purpose”.
*Purpose is our God-given assignment that drives one to success.
To be successful one needs to renew his/her mindset. A renewed mindset is the mindset which considers his God-given assignment as its number one priority.
The renewed mindset thinks beyond today because anything called success must not only be celebrated today but forever.
The renewed mindset creates a vacuum in man which cannot be filled with education but with Success.
Jesus Christ came to die for the sins of men to bring them back to their original SONSHIP status but He(Jesus) gave men the chance to choose for themselves. But choosing Jesus does not just guarantee you instant success. You need to keenly follow his teachings to be able to renew your mindset which is the key to success.
To be continued…
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