God has given us everything we need to become successful in life. And we obtain that which we need through knowing Him more and more every day. As when we spend time meditating the Word of God and time in prayer before God, we actually partake of His divine nature and avoid the corruption that is in the world as the result of the lust of worldly individuals.
Some people think they have to lie, cheat, and steal in order to get over. And they'll do whatever they have to do in order to get to the top. That is not how you become successful in life.
It may seem that you'll succeed for a minute. But if you've sown lying, cheating and stealing, you're going to reap the same. In this world, what a man sows he reaps. You're not getting out of here without receiving payment for what you've sown, whether it is bad seed or good seed.
Lust is ungodly. And lust is what you see in the world. It is what corrupts the world. You can't turn on the television without seeing more and more corruption. You see people destroying their bodies with drugs, destroying their marriages, destroying their relationships, destroying their financial stability, destroying their neighborhoods, killing each other.
You see the corruption happening everyday in front of your eyes. And the reason corruption is so prevalent is that society has decided to live ungodly. Consequently, corruption comes along, because corruption accompanies ungodly living. And if you watch worldly living long enough with the wrong perspective, it will corrupt how you see things.
If you go along with it, it will corrupt everything about you. It'll even cause you to have a reprobate mind—thinking you're doing good when you're doing wrong. As a result you will begin to sow ungodly seed.
It is therefore vital that you do that which is right in the sight of God. Don't let anybody tell you that you don't have to live for God. Whether you are young or old, don't let them tell you that you don't know what you're talking about.
When you've chosen God's way, you've got more wisdom than any ungodly person has. I don't care if they are the teacher, the counselor, or the Ph.D. You keep on living for God and your holy living will produce a lifetime of blessings for you.
Scripture References: Galatians 6:8; 2 Peter 1:3-4
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Keith Butler has been an ordained minister since 1974. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds diplomas from Canada Christian College and Rhema Bible Training Center.
He serves in ministry with the support of his lovely wife, Pastor Deborah L. Butler, and their children: Pastor Andre Butler (granddaughters Alexis, Angela, and April), Pastor MiChelle Ferguson and husband Pastor Lee (grandson Lucas), and Minister Kristina Jenkins and husband Pastor Joel (grandsons Andrew and Austin, and granddaughter Alyssa).
