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Awoken · 02-17-2021, 08:28 AM

It definitely goes to show you that we are the biggest threat to ourselves. We love propping up men and putting our trust in them even when we don't know we're doing it. It's what the Israelites did with Saul/David (give us a king, we want a king!). And a lot of these big leaders maybe did receive something from God they were meant to invest in others, not in their own image/power, and... what happened? Maybe they should have been praying more prayers like "God, keep me humble and focused on the few that you really put around me, and save me from drawing crowds and focusing on that". Maybe they should have been putting more of those big ministry bucks into non-personal causes... giving to the poor, making sure their own slice of the pie stayed small. Or maybe they should have just backed away from all the success out of godly fear. Somebody else (I can't recall who, but I read it and appreciated it, sorry for my bad memory) posted on here not long ago about some pastors who shared that the three big threats to men of God are always money, pride, and sex. That hasn't changed much (at all) over the centuries.

02-17-2021, 08:28 AM	#7
Awoken Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 86	Re: Ravi Zacharias - "What Ravi did and Where Where Do We Go From Here" It definitely goes to show you that we are the biggest threat to ourselves. We love propping up men and putting our trust in them even when we don't know we're doing it. It's what the Israelites did with Saul/David (give us a king, we want a king!). And a lot of these big leaders maybe did receive something from God they were meant to invest in others, not in their own image/power, and... what happened? Maybe they should have been praying more prayers like "God, keep me humble and focused on the few that you really put around me, and save me from drawing crowds and focusing on that". Maybe they should have been putting more of those big ministry bucks into non-personal causes... giving to the poor, making sure their own slice of the pie stayed small. Or maybe they should have just backed away from all the success out of godly fear. Somebody else (I can't recall who, but I read it and appreciated it, sorry for my bad memory) posted on here not long ago about some pastors who shared that the three big threats to men of God are always money, pride, and sex. That hasn't changed much (at all) over the centuries.