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What does true success look like? Consider the greatest life ever lived—Jesus Christ. He was born in an obscure village, worked in a carpenter shop, never wrote a book, never commanded an army, and never held public office. He had none of the credentials the world associates with greatness. Yet His wisdom exceeds all the books in all the libraries of the world, and His power surpasses every earthly kingdom. At the age of 33, He was betrayed by one disciple, denied by another, and abandoned by those closest to Him. He was beaten, mocked, and nailed to a Roman cross between two thieves. His executioners gambled for His only earthly possession, and His body was placed in a borrowed tomb. To the eyes of Rome and the world, Jesus Christ was the portrait of absolute failure.
But then came the third day! The stone was rolled away, not to let Him out, but to let us in! The Son of God walked out of that grave victorious over death, hell, and the grave. The Champion of Calvary conquered the power of sin and Satan and gave us the promise of eternal life. What appeared to be history's greatest defeat became humanity's greatest victory. Twenty centuries have come and gone, and no king, president, army, or earthly ruler has ever influenced mankind like Jesus of Nazareth. God used the very moment that Christ appeared to be a total failure to accomplish the greatest victory the world has ever known. Remember this: The world's definition of success is not God's definition of success. The cross was not the end of the story, and your present circumstances do not have to be the end of yours. Jesus Christ is alive, and because He lives, we shall live also!