The Secret of Success

Saturday, 13th September 2008

Hmm... Where do i begin?

Just wanted to testify that God has continued to prosper me at my workplace. He has granted me so much superabundant and undeserved favour with not just my two bosses (the MD and CFO), but also with peers and subordinates alike.

In fact, while many people dread going to work (especially those that work in a fast-pace environment like how it usually is in the heart of Raffles Place/Shenton Way), I actually look forward to stepping into the office each day because I know it will be filled with divine appointments.

Just yesterday, my CFO told me how much he appreciated me being on board. And two days ago, during my weekly one-to-one session with my MD, he commented about how I have managed to transform the Finance department from one which had the lowest morale to the one that it currently is where everyone is happy and motivated, and all that in a matter of just 5 months :-)

To tell you to the truth, never in my 17 years of working life have I experienced such rapid and successful results. It is really nothing short of a miracle and I can only give God the glory because He is the one behind it all. Just like how that teacher remarked when he saw Ps Prince preaching, "It must be God!", those of you who know me for more than 3 years would have a similar response :-)

So what's the secret of my success, you may ask? The answer is going to sound so ridiculously simple that there will bound to be those out there who will dismiss it as nonsense...

But for those of you who are willing to try it out for yourselves, here is the secret: have a good opinion of God, and believe that He is out to prosper you and bless you.

Because of Jesus' finished work on the cross, where He took upon Himself every bad thing that we deserved, we can now take upon ourselves every good thing which we do not deserve.

And because I have this good opinion of God that surely His goodness and lovingkindness hunts me down all the days of my life, when i pray with my wife in the car in the mornings, it is no longer, "Lord, please help me with this tough meeting or with that complex report", but instead "I thank you Lord that you have already gone ahead of me to flatten the mountains and fill up the valleys, so that the meeting is going to be a fruitful and productive. Your Holy Spirit within me is also going to give me the wisdom and ability to complete that report way ahead of schedule."

Prayers have now become statements declaring the certainty of outcomes grounded firmly on the sure and finished work of Jesus Christ, rather than tentative requests to a God who may answer "yes" one moment and "no" the next, depending on his whims and fancies.

After all, Paul did say in 2 Cor 1:20 that all of God's promises (which include those concerning prosperity, health, wholeness, peace, etc) are Yes, and in Christ, Amen! to the glory of God through us. So God gets the glory when His promises are fulfiled in our lives.

Amen? Yes!