JOSHUA 1:8
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and
night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make
your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
My local newspaper reported that a man and woman who tried to hop a Union Pacific train from
North Platte, Nebraska, to Omaha were being held in Dawson county jail on trespass charges.
But the couple wouldn't have gotten to Omaha even if they hadn't been apprehended; the train
was headed to Kansas City.
Many people who think they're on the train headed for success are really going in the opposite

direction. History is awash with examples of men and women who found a form of success, but
lived to regret it. It was not what the Bible calls "good" success. Lord Byron, who achieved fame
both as a poet and a libertine, wrote at the age of 35:
My days are in the yellow leaf,
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone.
God's success is far different· it's always headed in the right direction. Joshua was assured that if
he lived Consistent with 'what was written in God's Word he would achieve success but not just
any success. God's promise to Joshua, as well as to you and me, is that if we live by all that is
written in the Bible, we will achieve "good" success.
The key to good success is obedience to God's Word. If you conform your life to God's will, as it
is revealed in His Word you'll experience the kind of success that will be a blessing rather than a
burden.

ONLY A GOOD GOD CAN GIVE GOOD SUCCESS.
WOODROW KROLL
www.backtothebible.in