Daily Devotional

Jesus Christ started and finished His earthly mission on earth, and that is success. Paul and a host of others commenced and completed their earthly assignments. I believe nothing should stop you from succeeding in your divine vocation.

Success has no alternatives. It is either one fails or succeeds. Middle ground does not exist.

I state categorically that success has no alternative. You can't afford to fail in this life. God has put inside of you everything it takes to succeed here on earth, regardless of the challenges that life throws at you. You have an inbuilt capacity to succeed and excel in whatever you set your mind to do.

Let me say right away that success has no alternative. But before we proceed, let us inquire, What's success?

"And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?"

"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, ALL power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach ALL nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe ALL things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you...

"To give unto them beauty for ashes…"

"He that loveth not knoweth not God."

Paul is talking about Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary's Son. He says that He humbled Himself while He was here on earth. The author of Hebrews says of Christ, that He learned obedience through the things He suffered. Christ says about Himself, "I am meek and lowly in heart" (Mt.11:29). Christ was a humble man.

"I will be with thee…when thou walkest through the fire."