"Clearly God has a different measuring stick for success and a different plan to change the world. /
For example, we consider Jeremiah a successful prophet. But for 40 years Jeremiah had no results. He had a message no one wanted to hear. / Moses died having never entered the land promised by God. Even Christ didn't look like a success-- all Jesus had to show for His years of ministry was eleven cowering disciples. / We need a new definition of success. /
Jesus defined success as loving the Lord your God and loving your neighbor. The extent of our love, not numerical growth, matters most. / Instead of comparing ourselves with others, let's recognize our identity in Christ. Then we can determine whether we're being faithful with what we have been give, and let go of our spiritually dangerous preoccupations with worldly success."
("The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good" by Peter Greer & Anna Haggard, pp. 77, 78, 80)
