We all dream of success. It is our goal, or our destiny in life. For some, success is to earn a lot of money, live comfortably and retire without problems. Others dream of becoming skillful in some activity, earn money and achieve the admiration of others as important and wise beings. There are others who see success as the accumulation of material goods, without incurring debts. Having a house of their own, driving a luxurious car, being able to enter a store and buying what you want ... that is success. There are also those who equate success with having a happy family: a loving wife or husband and obedient children. We all harbor the dream of success. The Bible says: "Put your delight in the Lord and He will give you the requests of your heart" (Psalm 37: 4). It is a wonderful promise. Apparently, the problem is that this rarely happens. I mean, if it happened frequently, many would enjoy health, fortune and wisdom, because that's what we want, right? Why, we do not succeed then, if it is what our heart desires? Could it be that we have the wrong idea of success? Maybe we have not grasped the conditions that God establishes for success? The first condition, the only one in reality, is "put your indulgence in the Lord." In other words, put God first. Jesus Christ said the same thing when he urged his disciples: "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you" (Matthew 6:33). The problem is not the lack of goals, but having the wrong goals.
