Insight for Leaders [A.W. Tozer Devotional]

Literature Ministries International ^ | October 11 | A. W. Tozer

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Failure and Success: The Small and the Great

...Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with
humility, for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
--1 Peter 5:5

Some time ago we heard a short address by a young preacher during
which he quoted the following, "If you are too big for a little
place, you are too little for a big place."

It is an odd rule of the kingdom of God that when we try to get big,
we always get smaller by the moment. God is jealous of His glory and
will not allow anyone to share it with Him. The effort to appear
great will bring the displeasure of God upon us and effectively
prevent us from achieving the greatness after which we pant.

Humility pleases God wherever it is found, and the humble person will
have God for his or her friend and helper always. Only the humble are
completely sane, for they are the only ones who see clearly their own
size and limitations. Egotists see things out of focus. To themselves
they are large and God is correspondingly small, and that is a kind
of moral insanity. This World: Playground or Battleground?, 34.

"Lord, help me never to be too big for a little place. In humility
let me serve and revel in You as my 'friend and helper always.'
Amen."

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Today's "Insight for Leaders" is taken by permission from the book, Tozer on Christian Leadership, published by WingSpread Publishers

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This Insight for Leaders devotional is also available in a print-friendly format here on the LMI web site.

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[metmom]

God is jealous of His glory and will not allow anyone to share it with Him. The effort to appear great will bring the displeasure of God upon us and effectively prevent us from achieving the greatness after which we pant.

Which is likely why so many who I hear who chase after gifts and manifestations are so frustrated.

Sad to say, when I hear people talk about wanting to experience the power and going to power seminars, I can't help but think of Simon the scorcerer. Even though these folks aren't trying to buy the power, they are too absorbed with it instead of just knowing God.

If they walked with God and listened to His leading, likely they'd see more than enough displays of His power in people's lives to satisfy them.

Whatever happened to *Be still and know that I am God*?

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...amen.