First let me say thank you for taking the time to read my post and leave a comment. I appreciate the accountability as well. I do strive to be Biblically accurate, doctrinally correct and theologically sound. I also like to be clear in what I stating. I can see where I failed in clarity. Here was my train of thought. Success can be subjective and personal in many ways. What one would call success another would not. That is why i used the word "notion".

Here is where I was not clear. My emphasis was not on success, but rather on pleasing God. The scriptures I used, were to underscore that truth. In all that we do, if He is not pleased, then I am missing the mark. We should start with "is this pleasing to God?" We will discover that there are somethings that we are engaged in we may need to walk away from. Even if we are really good at those things. Even if we are being successful at those things. After all, what does it profit a man....