Galatians: Can Everyone Be Successful?

Paul says in Galatians 6:7, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: whatever a man sows that shall he also reap.” As much as many would like to apply this to money and blessings, there is also justifiable application regarding the success or failure of life. Unfortunately however, the misunderstanding lies in the failure to grasp the reality that if one sows little, they will get little.
I believe God wants everyone blessed. I also believe that He desires that everyone be successful. However, the key point to understand is that success is relative to each individual. The success He intends for me to have is not the exact same success that He intends for someone else to have. For example, if everyone in a particular department of a company is saved, it is obvious that all of them cannot be the boss. There can only one manager of a department. So, one is favored with that, while the rest are the subordinates.
With that in mind, the reason many do not excel to certain levels is not because they are not gifted; neither is it because the individual is not offered an opportunity. Rather, the failure to excel is due to the lack of due diligence that success and increase require.
All sustainable increase and elevation will require a certain amount of diligence worthy of that level. Rare are the times when someone is promoted …show more content…
However, it is complimented by wisdom. Diligence without wisdom runs the risk of being misappropriated. One is fervent in their efforts, but it is geared toward the wrong thing. A farmer can be diligent in planting orange seeds. He can till the ground. Water the seeds. However, if the seeds are planted in an inappropriate climate, theywill not produce the crop he desires. Although, he has the right attitude, and is, no doubt, emotionally and physically engage, intelligence has been overlooked, and will thus cost him. "Wisdom has an attitudinal or emotional as well as an intellectual