To
think of defeat as being an impostor is easy to accept. But to consider success
as an impostor is hard to swallow. Very few people set themselves up to fail because
success is a primary objective. However success as well as failure has the
power to corrupt. Success can give birth to disregarding the rules for a
healthy, godly life.
Success can blind a person to
boundaries that were earlier a guiding force in life. Success can create an
illusion of being invulnerable to failure. Rudyard Kipling's poem, Rewards and Fairies, regarded success as
being an impostor whenever it has the alluring capacity to erase from
consciousness the need for God.
The Apostle Paul, speaking to the
church at Rome, prayed that God, who gives endurance and encouragement, would
create such unity of heart and mind that each believer would give him
recognition and praise for all they have, whether a little or in abundance. This
attitude sees success or failure from God's perspective.
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