Read Proverbs 11:2

We are a success-saturated society. The telltale signs are everywhere. Each year dozens of books and magazines, scores of videos, and hundreds of seminars offer ideas, motivation, techniques, and promises of prosperity.

Curiously, however, few ever address what it is most folks want (but seldom find) in their pursuit of success: contentment, fulfilment, satisfaction, and relief....

At the risk of sounding ultra-simplistic, I'd like to offer some counsel to those seeking success....

First, submit yourself to those who are wise....

Second, humble yourself under God's mighty hand....

Third, throw yourself on the mercy and care of God.

Excerpted from Charles R. Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way (Nashville: J. Countryman, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc., 2001). Copyright © 2001 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.