Practical Steps That Lead to Success

Practical Steps that lead to Success

What does the word success mean? The American Heritage Dictionary defines success as;

"The achievement of something desired, planned or attempted the gaining of fame or prosperity."

I believe we can define the word success this way,

Success is the obtaining of goals.

Most people, who become successful, say they follow steps which produce positive results. There are many ideas that translate into steps for success. If we look at a stairway, we can notice two important functions concerning it. The first function is to help people to ascend that is, go-up. The second function is to help people to descend, that is, go-down. If we look at the steps of life, we see there are many steps we can take. Some of these steps will help us to succeed. Some of these steps will cause us to fail. In either case, the choice is ours! We choose the stairway of life we want to walk on. Which way are you going in your life? Are you ascending or descending, or perhaps you stopped trying to go anywhere?

We will attempt to take a look at some practical steps we need to take as children of God in order to succeed.

 Start With Prayer Be unceasing in prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17) Success without prayer is like a pool without water. Something vital is missing in order for you to get the full potential out of the pool. And the same is true for success. You can never really get to your full potential without prayer. It is that vital element that, if left out, will leave you empty and wondering how to fill the space.

 Fear not: do not be afraid to launch out, take a stand. The journey of 1000 miles begins with one step. We have to make a move towards achieving our goals. Don’t fear failure. “I failed my way to success.” - Thomas Edison. So often we are taught in our lives that failing is a bad thing. Failure is almost always placed at odds with success. Yet without failure few would know the way to success. No one ever did it right all the time....