The One Year Bible - Day 118

Judges 8:23 "I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The Lord will rule over you". It might be subtle but translate this to modern church life. How easy is it for leaders to become inflated either by their own egos or by the idolatry of others into a pseudo-ruler state. Where people talk more about their leaders and how amazing they are than how amazing God is? How often do leaders rebuke people who big other people up? How often are leaders genuinely troubled by accolade and how often do they join in with the whole ego thing? "Oh, wasn't X's talk amazing?", "The speaker was amazing at that conference". I suggest we stick to, "God really spoke to me through that speaker" and leave the bigging up to God. We can encourage people without going to stupid levels.