Look again at Paul's instructions to
Timothy. Instead of urging Timothy to
devise a ministry that would garner accolades from the world. He warned him about suffering and hardship -
hardly the stuff of modern church-growth experts' aspirations! In Scripture external success is NEVER a
valid goal. Paul was not telling Timothy
how to be "successful," he was
encouraging him to pursue the divine standard.
That, of course, is what defines real
success. Real success is not getting
results at any cost. It is not
prosperity, power, prominence, popularity, or any of the other worldly notions
of success. Real success is doing the
will of God regardless of the consequences.
John Macarthur
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