This message is taught by Amos Johnson Jr, PhD. He leads and pastors Church for Entrepreneurs. God has given him a calling to help believers succeed at their calling. He believes a fulfilled life comes from clearly knowing what God has called you to do and doing it.
Message summary & scripture references
Unfortunately, in society the way you look (physical characteristics, weight, height, gender, race, etc.) can be an advantage if you have the look society deems attractive. If you don’t have the look society desires, then that can be a disadvantage in climbing the ladder of success. However, none of that matters to God because God’s blessing for your success is not based on societal biases. Listen to today’s message to learn more about this idea.
Proverbs 10:22 KJV
[22] The blessing of the Lord , it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
James 2:1-4 NLT
[1] My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others?
[2] For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in dirty clothes.
[3] If you give special attention and a good seat to the rich person, but you say to the poor one, “You can stand over there, or else sit on the floor”-well,
[4] doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?
Ecclesiastes 9:13-16 NLT
[13] Here is another bit of wisdom that has impressed me as I have watched the way our world works.
[14] There was a small town with only a few people, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.
[15] A poor, wise man knew how to save the town, and so it was rescued. But afterward no one thought to thank him.
[16] So even though wisdom is better than strength, those who are wise will be despised if they are poor. What they say will not be appreciated for long.
1 Samuel 9:1-2 NLT
[1] There was a wealthy, influential man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin.
[2] His son Saul was the most handsome man in Israel-head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the land.
1 Samuel 16:6-7 NLT
[6] When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the LORD’s anointed!”
[7] But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Isaiah 53:2-3 AMP
[2] For the Servant of God grew up before Him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness royal, kingly pomp, that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him.
[3] He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him.
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