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You have probably read at least one book on success. You may have attended a seminar or heard someone speak on how to attain it. Maybe you have studied it as I have.

And why not? Everyone wants to learn the keys to successful living. As Samuel Johnson said:

"Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified."1

To reach our goals, we tried the plans and philosophies of those whom we read and heard. Their ideas squeezed us into their mold and shaped our lives. We overcame difficulties and reached our dreams. When measured by these human standards, we achieved success. We built our house of success.

Yes, we can reach it without following God's plan. But when we do, it resembles a house built upon the sand, a vain and meaningless achievement; in short, we miss the essentials of true prosperity. To build success properly, we need to know God's design for it. God reminds us in Psalm 127:1:

"Except God builds the house, they labor in vain that build it."

Since God created us, He knows the ingredients for genuine success. In the Bible God outlines His view of it and demonstrates it in the life of Daniel. Daniel's life provides a pattern for us in as much as God prospered him regardless of his situation. And we face the same traumas and triumphs that Daniel experienced.

These articles define the Biblical principles of prosperity. They differ from the popular ones we have read and heard. When we adopt and obey God's laws, He will shape our lives with them. Then, we will discover life beyond our dreams. For by the exertion of His power within us, He will do beyond our imagination.