MILTON MONDAY: EAT MOR CHIKIN

"Eat Mor Chikin"

by Milton Dykes

I’m sure you’ve seen the billboards of the cows promoting eating chicken over beef. I chuckle every time I pass by one of those signs. S. Truett Cathy, founder of the Chick-Fil-A Company, has used his faith in God and commitment to Christian principles to make his company one of the fastest growing fast food restaurants in America. His business is closed on Sunday, and all of his employees are trained to have a pleasing servant’s heart. It is a great company with a great business with great success.

Mr. Cathy shared five principles of success in his book, It's Easier to Succeed Than To Fail. They are:

1. It’s easier to succeed because failure exacts a high price in terms of time when you have to do the job over again.
2. It’s easier to succeed because success eliminates the agony and frustration of defeat.
3. It’s easier to succeed because money spent to fail must be spent again to succeed.
4. It’s easier to succeed because a person’s credibility decreases with each failure, making it harder to succeed the second time.
5. And, it’s easier to succeed because the joy and expression of affirmation come from succeeding, whereas feelings of discouragement and discontent accompany failure.

For the cows promoting eating more chicken, it is obvious that it is far easier for them to succeed in their promotion than to fail. Failure to them could, in effect, cost them their lives. While that is somewhat humorous, it has some serious implications for life: it is easier to succeed than to fail.

For believers, the good news is that God has called us to success and not failure. Jesus promised abundant life. God has promised to “load us with daily benefits.” That sound like success to me.

With God, it is easier to succeed than to fail.