God’s love has crowned you with success that has nothing to do with your achievements. You may hesitate to label yourself “successful.” But if you have walked very long with the Lord, you can look at your history and be amazed at what God has done in you, through you, or even in spite of you!

As a shepherd boy, David could have never imagined what God would do with his life. But as king, he looked back and said to God, “Who am I, LORD God, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?” (1 Chronicles 17:16). David saw his own success and was astonished.

Sometimes we measure our success by what we’ve done or where we came from or who our family is. And when we do, we can think that if we’ve not done much with our life or if our past is marked by big failures or a dysfunctional family history, we just aren’t a success.

But the God who loves you has given you success that has nothing to do with your performance, your past, or your pedigree.

You may not be the king of a nation or the CEO of a company; you may not even be able to keep your house tidy or your children in matching socks! You may have a failed marriage or be unemployed. But like David, you have been granted success by your loving God because He has brought you so far. When you can look deeply into your own soul and humbly ask, “Who am I . . . that you have brought me this far?” you are beginning to grasp the kind of success you have been given.

When David considered what God had done in his life, he said, “You . . . have looked on me as though I were the most exalted of men” (17:17). David got it. He understood that success isn’t something you achieve; success is believing the reality of who God is and what He says about you.

Ask God today, “Who am I that You have brought me this far?” And, then listen for His voice. He will reassure you of His love and remind you of all He has done in your life.