God wants you to succeed. We will see an example of manufacturers and products.
When a manufacturer makes a product, he works on the design, its working, its maintenance, also how to repair it if it malfunctions. After the product is checked, tested okay, it is launched. Product is fully operational when it is launched. Then the manufacturer gives his name to the product. His reputation is at stake when he stamps his image on the product.
The product comes with a manual, where all the information about the working of the product, what features the product has, dos and don’ts about the product, rules and regulations are mentioned in the manual. It is manufacturer’s mind about the product. It also says read the manual before using the product. But most of us do not read it.
Along with the product come warranty of the product. The manufacturer repairs or replaces the product free of charge, during its warranty period. The manufacturer doesn’t know the user still he repairs or replaces it at his cost. He does it for his name’s sake. His reputation is at stake.
Now let’s come to God the manufacturer. God said, “Let’s make man in Our own image” (Genesis 1:26) “And let him have dominion over the earth.”
God created (manufactured a product) called man in His Own image and gave him (the man) dominion (authority) over everything on earth.
As we have seen how the manufacturer makes the product after it is fully functional, then puts his name on it, and then launches it. The same way God created a fully functional product called man, tested okay, put His image, and then launched him.
Unlike the manufacturer, God knows man. He says in Jeremiah 1:5” Before I formed you in your mother’s womb, I knew you.” God knows each one of us.
Also, John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not die but will have everlasting eternal life.” So, God not only knows us but also loves us immensely that He gave His only Son as a sacrifice, to die for our sins.
He has also given us His manual, that is The Bible, with all the promises, rules, and laws. How many of us read this manual? Only when we read the manual, i.e., The Bible, we will learn about His thoughts, His Will, His promises for us and we can know our God given authority. If we use God’s promises of authority in our life, we would be unstoppable and successful.
Success is predictable and failure also is predictable. Reading Bible and using His Word can make us successful and not reading or using His Word can make one a failure.
In conclusion, I would say, the way manufacturer wants his product to be successful for his name’s sake, God also wants His creation (man) to be successful for His Name’s Sake.
God has already gifted His creation everything that is needed for it to be successful. Birds do not have to learn to fly. Fish do not need to learn to swim. A seed has everything required for it to grow into a tree, within itself. The same way man has everything inside him to succeed.
Since God has given the dominion over to the man, man needs to pray or ask God to intervene in his situations using God’s Word. God doesn’t violate His Word and will not intervene till we ask God to. And that’s why we need to ask to receive, and the Word says we must ask in the name of Jesus, to receive.
But we must also remember that success is to fulfill God given purpose not mere personal gratification. God does not create anything without purpose, including us. True success happens when we live for our purpose, serve family, community and divine mission. Success grants us authority to lead, influence and uplift others. God blesses those who bless others. When the world watches our lives, they know about our God.
I hope and pray that all the readers will use their God given authority, purpose and use God’s Word to succeed and serve. God bless you all.
Written by Sangeeta Kopalkar