I was having a conversation with Oselu a few days ago about laws of the universe that can make a man successful. Basically I believe that there are laws anyone can follow to become successful, no matter your Religious stance or lack thereof.
Tosin's tweet actually hit a nerve. This is something I think about often.
First off let me drop a Bible verse I find petty interesting.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:17-19 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.3.17-19.KJV
“In the sweat of thy face, thou shall eat bread”. This sounds like, “You'll make money but you'll burn out regularly”, “You'll expend the energy of your youth to build wealth”
To me it feels like simply feels like a part of ones life force is being literally sacrificed towards attaining success.
There's hope tho, I think. Here take a look at this verse.
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Joshua 1:8 KJV
https://bible.com/bible/1/jos.1.8.KJV
What is good success? Is it any different from the initial sort of success above?
I think good success is more of a blessing, but it isn't void of hardwork also.
This is what I think it is, the first form of success is the normal hardwork we know and worship, the hyper productivity that'll very well lead to success, a good example is Elon Musk and his 80hr work week (shudders).
The other form of success (good success), still requires a lot of hard work(maybe with 80hr weeks too), I mean if we look at the parable of the talents we know God doesn't reward laziness (😭). Now the difference is this, there's a blessing attached to this hardwork. It isn't mainly the result / awesome output. It is also the absence of burnout. Like your life force that has been sacrificed doing all that work is being restored/replenished at the end of the day. It also involves not feeling empty after crushing set goals. (Renewed eagle strength perhaps?)
In all honesty, I really hope and pray I get good success. I hate the burnout that comes after pushing hard for weeks, despite making time for sleep. I mean even when I wake up well rested, I still feel the loss from the previous day. It scares me.
Sigh.
I am thankful and grateful to God for the success so far still, the growth has been amazing.❤️
The good success vs success really resonates with me. Like, you can hit a target and then wipe out not being able to enjoy the success just because you’re too tired.