"I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exault in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels." -Isaiah 61:10
I was with my family. We were in front of television. And Bayless Conley was speaking inside the box in front of us something like this, "Our expectations may lead us to disappointment, while our expectation in God will lead us to success." I captured those words in my heart. We set our plans. When we failed we blamed God for not keeping His promise. We forgot that our plans are not God's. We had to let it all go. We jumped into God's plans. We began to succeed!
Our definition of success:
-the achievement of something planned or attempted
-the attainment of fame, wealth, or power
God's definition of success:
-the achievement of understanding a piece of God's blueprint for us and walk in the illumination
-the attainment of the garment of salvation, the robe of righteousness, and the jewels of adornation.
When we focused on our definition of success, then we shall fail as His bride. If we look onto God's definition of success, then we shall prevail! We shall come into harmony. We shall dress ourselves up as His bride. Maybe something hindered us in our preparation for the wedding. Maybe a robe didn't fit us perfectly. Maybe we are trying on a robe of our own definition of success. We have to cast that robe aside and look for the right robe. When we couldn't find the right robe, maybe the flow had ceased.
We agony in our prayer. Our prayer shall open up the heavens. With the heavens open, the flow shall resume. With the flow, we could find the right robe. Thereafter, our dress rehearsal begins!
"Life on earth is just the dress rehearsal before the real production." -Rick Warren
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