"Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city" (Rev. 14:8)
If you are like me, powerful people with their own garrison of bodyguards make you feel a bit unnerved; folks in designer apparel and accessories make you question your present income; evangelists boasting exceptional ministries start make you wonder your worth.
Funny thing is, altho' the natural heart's reaction is to be on top, we know you can never stay there. As ancient Babylon's mighty King Nebuchadnezzar was humbled to live like a a cow for 7 years, we need to keep in mind too, that ultimately, it is what the God in Heaven thinks that is important. Really.
I like to go back and check my blog posts: whether the book of the Oshiro family history is doing well; how my Japanese testimony/autobiography is being received; whether Christians enjoy my journal notes to Revelation memory work; or lighter fictional works are more popular; and of course, if regular blogs are maintaining readership.
June, you can't do that, I heard a voice whisper. "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his wisdom, let not the rich man glory in his riches, But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth ME" (Jer. 9:23,24) Don't we know that anything else -- viewing success in any other way -- results in FALLing?
Yeah; like that grasshopper that got carried away jumping too far and found himself plopping into the water.
