Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life, in the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Keith Simon.

I love asking questions. I'm sure my friends get annoyed by how many questions that I ask, but I think you can learn a lot from a good question. You can learn about a person's values or

their worldview what they like and don't like. You can learn about their past and

how it affected them. So in my opinion a good question is a lot more valuable than a good answer.

I recently came across a question that has become one of my favorites.

In fact, if someone I know personally is listening to this, they probably already know what that question is, because I've probably already asked them.

It goes like this, when you think about your professional or educational success?

What percentage do you think is due to your hard work and good choices, and what percentage

is due to luck?

Well, how would you answer that question?

I've heard some people say that it's as much as 90% hard work,

while others have said it's as much as 90% lock.

Most people are somewhere closer to the middle.

To be honest, I don't think there's a clear right answer, which is part of why I love the question.

I'm more interested in how people got to their answer than what their actual answer is.

But what happens if we change that question and instead of saying luck, we say God's grace?

So what percentage of your success in life is due to your own hard work

and good choices and what percent is due to God's grace? Well that changes things doesn't it?

Today we're looking at Psalm 21, which was a prayer written by King David, and I think

is going to help give us some insight in how we should answer that question. But in order to

understand Psalm 21, we have to understand a little bit about Psalm 20.

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