Success is an important thing everyone in life would love to achieve, but many believe in achieving success, it requires struggle. Although, people add diligence and discipline which is good, but how is it possible to be so successful without a part of struggle? There is a lot of burning of candle, sleepless night and other related things, but the point here is that it is wrongly channelled. So let’s see how to achieve true diligence and discipline without struggle.
Solomon the wisest man said in the book of Proverbs 4:7-9 which says, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you; she will place on your head an ornament of grace; a crown of glory she will deliver to you”; and in verses 11 and 12 it says, “I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. When you walk, your steps will not stumble” NKJV. Wisdom is an important aspect in achieving success, Solomon tells us to incline our ears to wisdom by searching for it as one seek for silver and search for hidden treasure. But with all these, Solomon told us where to get wisdom, he said the LORD gives wisdom and from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
People struggle using their own mind, knowledge and degrees to achieve success, but success comes from wisdom. It is in the achievement of wisdom we are to have sleepless night for, burn candles for, why? This is because when we gain wisdom, everything we intend to do becomes a work over and not struggle. To achieve wisdom it requires discipline and diligence, this is the area we are to put all our effort, because wisdom is the key to success. But where does wisdom come from? From God!
1 Corinthians 1:24 says Jesus is the wisdom of God; so once Jesus is in your heart, it implies you have wisdom beyond human knowledge. And remember, the wisdom comes with Grace; you receive deep insights which makes you wise. An example of someone who was filled with the wisdom of God is Jesus with reference to when He was here on earth; have you ever wondered why He couldn’t get any question wrong? The answer is simple; Jesus didn’t rely on His human understanding, but on God’s understanding.
Jesus was uneducated formerly, that is He didn’t go to a formal school, yet He knew beyond any man [ref. John 7:15]. The truth is that the wisdom of God is God’s wisdom and not your wisdom; therefore since God is all-knowing then and no one knows more than He does, once you have His wisdom you have more understanding than your teachers. What you just need to do is to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.
You have to be discipline and diligent when it comes to searching wisdom. Apostle James said, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5 NKJV; he went ahead saying, “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:6-8 NKJV. When you ask for wisdom from God, you have to believe that God is the giver of wisdom and believe that you have received it, and see wisdom in action.
Always depend on God when faced with a difficult situation. When I face any difficult situation, I always say, ‘Holy Spirit give me the wisdom to know what to do’, and before I know it a great idea come my way which is just perfect for the situation. Don’t be scared that you are not qualified for certain responsibilities given to you, just push all your worries to God and ask Him for wisdom to know what to do, this is what God regards as humility; and because you have depended on God, He would exalt you by giving you a way out of every situation that troubles you; it takes discipline and diligence NOT struggle [1 Peter 5:6-7]. To struggle is to do things without the help of God, and also mixing your wisdom and God’s wisdom, it doesn’t work that way, it has to be completely God’s wisdom.
With God, there are no struggles because with the wisdom of God, He reveals the path we are to take, all we need to do is just to follow the path but most of all is to meditate and receive constant flow of God’s wisdom. This is the Gospel Truth.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version (KJV)
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