Success Strategy for the New Year

Psalm 127:1-2

1 Unless the LORD builds¹ the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches² over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

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2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food³ to eat– for he grants sleep⁴ to^a those he loves.

Proverbs 21:31 – 31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.

We are nearing the end of the 2015 and the beginning of  2016. Looking back we all have reasons to praise God for his goodness and kindness. We have all fought battles this year and some are still fighting but I want you to know that at the end of it all we will win. The bible has declared us the winners. In Romans 8, we are called MORE THAN CONQUERORS. This means that you and I are above the conquerors. We have conquered what could have conquered us. So brace up and look forward to the new year with great hope and expectation and finish the current year on a high note. It is my practice to carry out an appraisal of the current year and plan for the year ahead. I look back and learn from my mistakes and think on how to improve myself. I rejoice at my success and think on ways to repeat them or enlarge them. The New Year will be your year of SUPERNATURAL PROMOTION. However, in order to enjoy SUPERNATURAL PROMOTION to its fullest, you have to position yourself and plan with God. In the following paragraphs I have outlined for you how you can spiritually and strategically succeed in the New Year.

Success –  is defined as attainment of one’s aim or goals. The word Success came from a Latin word “successus” meaning outcome. If I may ask you; what outcomes are you expecting in the new year? Please note success does not fall on anyone like ripe cherries from the tree, it is not automatic, but it is consciously acquired.

Strategy – it is a plan for achieving a major goal.  An elaborate and systematic plan of action

Deliberate planning is very important on the road to success because when you fail to plan you plan to fail. Please note that the most important aspect of planning is THINKING, REFELCTING AND DELIBERATING. Always think things through before you make a move. Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he…. Thinking and imagination walk together. Imagination they say is the greatest nation.

“Good Planning And Hard Work Lead to Prosperity, But Hasty Shortcuts Lead to Poverty.” Proverbs 21:5 (NLT)

The following are steps in setting, and achieving your goals successfully;

• Have your goals in your head and the Holy Spirit in your heart. Put God first and commit your desires to Him. Proverbs 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. Psalm 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. Meditate on the ability and intention of God to make you a sign and a wonder and let your thoughts focus on that.
• Picture in your mind what you want to achieve and who you want to be in the New Year, make sure it is very clear to you. Proverbs 29:18 – Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
• Write it down clearly- Have a pocket notebook to keep important ideas. Habakkuk 2:2 Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.
• Get information on how to achieve it, it would be wise to read and talk to people that are already where you want to be. There is no need to be shy or proud to ask questions, making enquiry makes you wiser. Daniel 9:2- In the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

• Set a workable plan to achieve your goal and pursue it aggressively. Proverbs 30:25 -The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;

• Affirm it – Everyday by confessing that you are the person you have pictured in your mind. Mark 11:23- For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. In 2013, Let your words be agree with your expectations.
• Be focused and don’t be deterred by distractions. Psalm 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
• Keep the right company because you can never be greater than the company you keep. 1Corinthians 15:33 – Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
• Tick each goal as you achieve it and press on to the next one, success is yours in Jesus name. Luke 10:31 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.

Questions for you to reflect on

• Do you have the picture of where you want to be in 12 months?
• Can you describe it clearly in words?
• Have you clearly written it down?
• What barriers do you envisage and how have you prepared to face and overcome them
• Do you need to make some changes before you embark on your goals

REMEMBER: YOU ARE NOT A BIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT YOU ARE A CREATURE OF DESTINY SO KEEP ON, KEEPING ON