Hey guys!!
Hope everyone is have an amazing Sunday!! I wanted to post a quick blog about the idea of being self made that I hear so often. Lets jump right in!
The definition of self made means made by oneself and having become successful or rich by one’s own efforts. I don’t know about you, but this definition sounds crazy to me! LOL I never want to come off like I did anything by myself. The idea of being self made is pompous and a lie. Everything that we have and everything that we are able to do is because of God AND the help that He sends us.
I hate that we live in a world where the words BOSS and self made are used as much as we drink water or go to sleep at night. How could we ever think that we did anything by ourselves? The crazy part is that most people don’t use this term lightly or jokingly. I actually know some people who think they are in the position they are in because of everything they did right and because of their own hard work/efforts. I’ve sat across from people who have shared their success stories with me on several occasions and they never mentioned God….
I’m going to say this and leave this right here…take it for whatever it is worth to you…..Know that everything you have and everything that you are is because God smiled on you and chose to bless you. He didn’t bless you because you were so good and because you were so sweet and so hard working….H simply blessed you because he is that kind of friend. He cares for you that much. There is nothing that you can do to earn God’s goodness towards you and His favor on your life.
We can’t afford to allow society’s view of what success is to blind us from who is behind all of our success. We must always keep our mind on Jesus. Our goal should not be to be self made but our goal should always be of service to others and to give God credit for the things he has done forever and always.
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusted in thee.” Isaiah 26:3 (KJV)
Jesus is Love,
Chelsea