Recipe For Success

We are obsessed with success. We read books written by successful people on how to succeed. We attend seminars to learn from them, because we want to succeed. No one wants to fail. King Solomon, possibly the most successful man on earth by most upheld standards, laid out the yardsticks of success in ancient Jewish society: wealth, honor, possessions, a very large family, and a very long life. Today, a large family and long life would be deemed by some as more of a burden and trouble than success. But wealth, possessions, and honor are definitely contemporary yardsticks of success. However, Solomon discovered that they do not automatically bring joy and contentment. There is a missing important element, or rather, a Person.