faith

The bible’s definition of success, particularly good success is really to meditate on the word of the Lord. Psalms 1:2-3 states it rather succinctly that if the believer were to meditate on God’s words through the bible, he will be like a tree firmly rooted by the rivers of living waters.

He will yield fruit, his leaf will be green and whatever he does will prosper. It’s like having the Midas touch where everything he touches turns to gold. In our modern day context, this person would be referred to as a unicorn. Someone with a breakthrough idea that will make him/her lots of money. The ability to attract wealth is the world’s definition of success, simply because it is the most visible form of success.

So obviously there are two types of successes here, the good one which does not add sorrow as it is written in Proverbs 10:22, and the success that sorrow in it. So the definition of good success is probably the believer that knows God’s word by heart, speaks God’s word to himself day and night through his thoughts and speech (I know it could be quite challenging), and he will have good success. Some examples of successful people in the bible would be King David, Solomon and probably Joseph.

In all these three persons in the bible, they are guided by the lord, they seek His wisdom, and He teaches them how to avoid situations that brings sorrow to their success. So if I pray and ask God for wisdom today, His spirit speaks to me about my situation through the word (bible) about my situation and gives me good success. Yay!