Choose The Three Triplets of Success Over The Three Triplets of Failures!!

 Life is a very intriguing and at the same time it can be a fascinating journey! However, as believers we can be successful inspite of it many challenges through Christ Jesus our Lord! He came to give us life and life more abundantly. In order to possess this benefit we must have His mind in operation in us! Each day you will either have successes or failures; therefore, you have a choices to choose from a positive stance or a negative one. As believers we can either choose to seek the Holyspirit for His direction each day or walk according to our flesh. Walking in the Spirit will bring us a consistent harvest of successes; however, the works of our flesh is rotten to the core and only failure will be harvested from it! If we seek the Holyspirit, HE will give us three keys to walk in victory. I personally call these three keys the triplets of success! Those three keys are knowledge, wisdom and understanding. The bible declares that the Lord grants wisdom and from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding! (Proverbs 2:6) Also, the bibles declares that if you need wisdom, you can come boldly before the throne grace and ask God for it and HE will give it to you and HE will not rebuke you you for asking HIM for it through faith. (James 1:5) We as believers serves and worship a generous and loving Heavenly Father, so it gives HIM great pleasures to bless HIS children. We can come to HIM boldly and ask HIM for the keys to success!

Scripture Reference: I John 2:15-17- Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever!

When I got the revelation of these three powerful keys my life began to shift to one success after the next and so on and so forth. I will begin with the first key which is knowledge. Knowledge is the information which you have learned. A more simpler way to explain: Knowledge is powerful and information is how you obtain it. That's why it is so important to study the Word of God, because it has so much powerful insights and revelation within its pages of how we are to know God, His ways and His desires for all His children. This will in return empower us with the precepts to become successful human beings. Our society need us as believers to be good successful citizens representing in the earth from a Heavenly prospective and the only way that we can accomplish this is by gaining greater knowledge of what the Word of God says regarding living the believer's life. Knowing Jesus is knowing truth because He is the way, the truth and the life. Knowing the truth of this fact will ultimately make you free and you will be free indeed in every area of your life.

Wisdom is the second key for success. While knowledge is based on the information which you have learned. Wisdom on the other hand, is the ability to use that information in a profound and productive way. Knowledge is not completed until it is combined with wisdom.  Also, wisdom moves beyond the learning of facts through knowledge it is making sense of those facts. I can know how to do something; however, wisdom causes me to display it at a higher degree or level. We can seek to know in abundance in our day to day walk of life, but without wisdom we will still have a void and also not have any successes. However, when we mix the two together, we will began flourish and the wellspring of life will began to overflow from within us to others around us. This will equip us to be all that God has destined us to be in His Kingdom here in earth as we are there in the heavenly realm. We can know the Word of God, but it become more effective when we seek God for His wisdom of how to apply it to our personal lives and then distribute it for others to be drawn to Him. We must be the first partaker if the fruit before we can help others in their journey of faith as becoming a believer. I can know how to make a cake but it takes wisdom to know how to read and execute the recipe in making that cake accurately. This is true to your personal life, your marriage, your job and so on and so forth. Your can get married, get a job, and start a family but if you do not seek God for wisdom regarding how to be successful in these areas according to HIS Word you will still end up failing miserably! All these areas and more are covered when read and study the Word of God. If we seek God for His knowledge and His wisdom in these very important areas of our lives we can began to progress to successful levels each day. These two keys will began us on the journey of walking in dominion according to God's original plan and purpose for our lives.

The first two keys will get you started on your divine journey of walking in dominion each day, but there is one more key to being successful. That key is "getting an "understanding" of the whole process. The Bible tell us that getting wisdom is the principal thing; therefore we are encouraged to get wisdom; however, with all our getting we are instructed to get understanding.(Proverbs 4:7) Understanding has a lot to do with developing good judgement. You can have all the knowledge and wisdom in the world, but if your judgement is not good, you will be unproductive in your life. The ability to understand empower you with insight and good judgement. Knowledge is powerful and information is how you obtain knowledge and wisdom gives you the ability and the know how to distribute knowledge, but if you do not take the next step of getting an understanding, which is conjoined with executing good sound judgement you can still have major failures in your day to day journey in life. Understanding gives you the ability to comprehend what knowledge and wisdom has brought forth in your daily life as a believer. 

Lastly, as believers we must have these three keys in operation in our lives in order to be effective in our spiritual journey each day on personal level. We are to know God's Word, apply it through wisdom and comprehend it so that we can effectively share with others as true witnesses of the Kingdom of God here on earth. I seek the Lord for His knowledge, wisdom and understanding each day that I arise. Years ago a friend of ours said to me that he could see my husband and I being very successful and wealthy in our lives during the years ahead and he even said that he could see us reaching millionaire status in our lifetime, however; I told him that I desire to have God's knowledge, wisdom and understanding to be established in our lives first and foremost! Why? Because if you become a millionaire and you don't possess divine knowledge, wisdom and understanding you will not possess what it will take for you to be totally successful in your whole life. God is a God that is concern with our whole life and  total well-being; therefore, that is why we need these three keys in operation in our lives through His Spirit! Great wealth will be more rewarding when you have God's divine knowledge, wisdom and understanding in full operation in your personal life, your marriage, your family your  purchases and your investments. The Bible says, all you have to do is ask God for them and He will give them to you without getting upset. I have chosen in my personal life to come to the Throne of Grace and ask boldly by faith! Remember: Faith is now and if you flip the word "now" you have the word "won", so your faith in God has already won the victory through Christ Jesus!! Rest in knowing that these three "triplets" will enable you be successful in regards to your personal life, your marriage, raising your children and building your families, managing your finances and every other area of your life each and everyday if they are applied through the power of faith! Throughout our marriage of 34 years, my husband and I have practiced knowledge, wisdom and understanding of this passage of scripture found in Matthew 6:33. It's quoted as follows: "Seek  the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need"(NLT). We have counted on this and other precious promises from God's Word and they have never let us down!

Now that the three "triplets of our success" have been explained and established let me expound on the three "triplet of failures".  They are as follows: Lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and pride of life! They were designed by our adversary to sabotage our victory through Christ Jesus! However, if we have the mind of Christ operating in us and His divine knowledge, wisdom and understanding we will not fall for these three culprits. As believer we have full access to the might and power of the Holy Spirit to avoid the pitfall of these three triplet of defeat as well! The Word of God declares that if we walk in the Spirit, we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16 KJV) If we apply the knowledge of this passage of scripture, walk in wisdom, and apply divine understanding of it in our lives, we can possess success each day! However, our success hinges on, "if we walk in the Spirit", we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. All God's promises come with a "choice to choose"! Obeying the Holy Spirit will lead you successfully through life and ultimately onward to HEAVEN; however, on the other hand obeying your flesh will cause you much torment and despair in your lives and in the end to HELL forever; therefore pick which one you will obey and follow each day!

What is the lust of the eyes? Lust of the eyes is coveting and desiring to look at something that you should not be looking at for sinful pleasure. The things that are considered sinful when it comes to our desires to possess is coveting money, excess possessions, or any other physical thing that are not from God, but from the spirit of the world around us. We are admonished to set a guard over our eyes and be mindful of what catches our attention to draw us away from walking upright before God. Our eyes are the first pathway to doing what is righteous or choosing to sin! We have to see with our eyes first in order to make a decision on what action we will take. When we see something that is detrimental to our salvation it is very important that we quickly make a choice to turn or look away. Better yet, flee!!! Also, our eyes are the window to our souls; therefore we must be careful what we gaze upon each day. Whatever we allow eyes to be engaged upon will determine the action that we will follow through with, whether it is good or bad! The Amplified Bible explains it best in Matthew 6: 22-23. It states, : The eye is the lamp of  the body; so if your eye is clear (spiritually perceptive), your whole body will be full of light (benefiting from God's precepts). But if your eye is bad (spiritually blind), your whole body will be full of darkness (devoid of God's precepts). So if the (very) light inside you (your inner self), your heart, your conscience) is darkness, how great and terrible is that darkness"! This passage is self explanatory when come to our tools to access the latest technological devices. Televisions are in every space of our lives these days, so once we turn them on, we are more prone to view what they displays from the screens. We on the other hand have the power over these things, so we are to dominate them and not allow them to dominate us! However, if we are not guided by the Holy Spirit these devices can wreak havoc in our souls through what we allow our flesh to be tempted us to watch. Other devices to be aware of are our computers and cell phones. They are good if we use them in a positive and productive away, but they can be disastrous if we use them non productively. We must be on alert each day when we access these devices, so that we will not use them to to our disadvantages. God never tempts us to do wrong; however, every person is tempted, when they are drawn away through the lust of their eyes, and enticed and after lust through the eyes have been conceived in the heart, it ultimately produces sin and once sin has taken its course it will bring forth death. (James 1:14-15) We might not die necessarily a physical death, but sin will always cause us to die spiritually! This a profound fact!!

To avoid falling in the trap of the lust of the eyes, Psalm 119:37, again in the Amplified Bible must be our constant prayer. It reads as follows: "Turn my eyes away from vanity (all those worldly, meaningless things that distract-let your priorities be mine, and restore me (with renewed energy) in your ways. (Meditate on This) Through God's divine knowledge, wisdom and understanding through this passage of scripture can grant you success over the many temptations that comes with the demonic culprit called the lust of the eyes. Satan knows if he can cause your eyes to become defiled, he can cause your soul to be lost ultimely in the end. His number one goal is to take you to hell where he knows full well he is destined to go for eternity!Therefore, we must do what the Word instruct us as believers to do and that is stay alert each day, because he is lurking around to see what he can use to deceive us, in order to ultimately devour us. Remember this: "Be careful what you allow to penetrate your eyes, because in the end you will contaminate your soul  and as a final result lose your soul for eternity"!

What is the lust of the flesh? The lust of the flesh has to do with everything that appeals to carnal and physical appetite. This does not include our need for food, water and natural sexual desires according to the scriptures. The lust of the flesh however is a strong, illicit desire for something or someone especially in a sexual way. Also, the lust of the flesh in simpler terms means desiring to gratify our body's desires at the cost of morality and what's good for our soul. Examples of the lust of the flesh are as follows: adultery, fornication, pornography, excessive appetite for food or wealth, drunkenness and the list can go onward. On the other hand, God gave us guidelines in his Word when it come to healthy and natural desires. The Bible says to all believers to fix our thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. We are also, admonished to think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise! Lastly, we are instructed to keep putting into practice all that we have gained through knowledge and have received through wisdom and from all that we have heard and witnessed and then the God of peace will be with us to empower us with success. (Read Philippians 4:8-9 NLT)  We can lives free from the lust of flesh through welcoming the power of the Holyspirit, applying the Word of God and invoking the Blood of Jesus in our lives each morning as we began our day! Better yet, throughout the day as well! Once the lust of the flesh has entered into our heart and soul we then will walk in it which will cause us to do all sort of sins and iniquities. Habitual sin eventually will cause our heart and soul to become prideful and then it is harder to turn back to a righteous state in our lives. Yield not to temptation for yielding to it will cause you to sin! We all will face temptation in our lifetime; however, if we really want to do what is right we can obtain help, because God is forever faithful and HE will not allow any temptation we face to be more than we can bear, but HE will reveal to us a way of escape so we can come out victoriously.(Read I Corinthians 10:13) We are to flee from temptation!!!

Lastly, what is pride of life? Pride of life is anything that is of this world that leads to arrogance, which is pride in self. Self exaltation is the most destructive characteristic of pride, because it causes you to think of yourself more highly than you should. Satan committed the sin of pride of life and he was kicked out Heaven as a result of it and he can never go back! Amen! So as believers let us make a choice not to go with Him! Amen, again!! He desired to be God and "not a servant of God". (Read Isaiah 14:12-15) How could he have possibly thought or imagine becoming the ONE who created him? Pride causes you to become a fool!! Once pride enter into your heart it cause you to seek the highest positions in life without serving anyone else but yourself. Pride of life causes you to seek what pleases you the most and not care about others around you. Also, it causes you to become a person who will not do anything for anyone unless something is in it for you. Arrogance is the fruit of the spirit of pride and when it enters into you it make you become haughty. The Bible says that pride goes before destruction and haughty spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18) The way to avoid the pitfalls of pride of life is by asking God to anoint you with servant's heart as a believer. God gives His grace to a humble person, but HE resists the prideful person. Humility is the quality or state of being humble and it is what we as believer are required to have in operation in our lives in order for God to grant us HIS grace. Humility enables you to serve others and allow them to advance alongside you. Pride and arrogance causes you to look down on others and not serve them in any capacity, because pride cause you to be self-centered and you value only what's beneficial to you. A humble person has a teachable spirit; however, a prideful person through arrogance does not!! 

Pride of life is in sync with the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes. When you put them together they become what I call the 'triplets of failure" in any person's life. We as believers can avoid all three of these failures to our lives, because we can access to the Holy Spirit. He provides us with nine fruits that will not allow these "triplets of failures" to trip us up in our faith walk each day. If we are led by the Holy Spirit we will not crave the lust of our flesh, which is our sinful nature. The Holy Spirit supplies us with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness which when we put them into practice in our lives everyday we can walk in victory and be part of the solutions in this present world and not part of the problems. As believers, we belong to JESUS CHRIST and our flesh have been crucified along with the affections of it and also the lusts. (Read Galatians 5:22-24)

In closing, the Bible has so much to offer us as believers to allow us to be successful in our lives each day. We do not have to settle for failures that occur through the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life. We can possess the power and might of the Holy Spirit and He will provide each of us with all the knowledge, wisdom and understanding that it takes to live a life of victory each day. All we have to do each waking moment is choose whom we will serve and what we will allow to command our day!Always remember: "Humility comes before honor"! "Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord and HE will lift you up"! Lastly, God gives grace to the humble, but HE resists the proud and the arrogant person! I pray that this blog post will be encouragement and exhortation to all who read it!!

All For Christ's Kingdom!

"Queeny"

Scripture Text: Galatians 5:19-21 (TPT)- The behavior of the self-life is obvious: Sexual immorality, lustful thoughts, pornography, chasing after things instead of God, manipulating others hatred of those who get in your way, senseless arguments, resentment when others are favored, temper tantrums, angry quarrels, only thinking of yourself, being in love with your own opinions, being envious of the blessings of others, murder, uncontrolled addictions, wild parties, and all other similar behavior. Haven't I already warned you that those who use their "freedom" for these things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

James 4:7- So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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