God won’t allow me to have worldly success, that is, what success looks like in the eyes of the world: wealth, fame, power, pride, ego, beauty, women, a loud and busy life.
Instead, God wants me to be successful according to His ways: to lead a lowly, quiet and peaceful life with all humility and meekness. A life of walking in the Spirit and exhibiting the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, kindness, gentleness, patience, self control, humility, forgiveness, not angry, not rude, goodness and faithfulness. A life of keeping my mind focused on the things of God throughout all my days (how I’m saved, my identity as a child of God, my spiritual blessings and gifts, walking in the Spirit, the ages to come), rather than the things of the world (money, possessions, politics, status, relationships). Being content with and thankful for all that Father has given me in this life – not so much that I become conceited and plugged into the world (losing focus on the Godly way of life [the fruits of the Spirit] vs the worldly way of life [popularity, wealth, power, beauty, possessions – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life]), and not too little as to struggle – knowing that what’s laid up for me in heaven far outweighs and exceeds that of which the world can offer me:
- Eternal life
- A new immortal, sinless and glorified body that:
- Never gets sick
- Never feels pain
- Never ages or dies
- Never has to relieve itself
- Never gets tired
- Never sins
- A most beautiful, glorified heavenly country where the rule of the land is only true righteousness, joy, peace and love.
- Eternal rest from the curse of hard work.
- A city (New Jerusalem) whose foundations are built by God Himself.
- A mansion within New Jerusalem designed, architected and built just for me by Christ Himself.
- A place where I’m with all my friends and family in a truly righteous environment for all eternity.
- A place where I get to be with all my pets, in which we can even speak the same language, for all eternity.
- A place where I can be with my guardian angel for all eternity.
- And last, but definitely first, a place where I can hang out and be with my Father and my Abba Jesus face to face, for all eternity.