Do I want to be exalted by people that much?

It seems so sweet to be glorified by people.

 When I get use to taste that sweetness,

I think I will try more to get respect and glory from more and more people.

If I get addicted to that taste, then I will become a slave to people rather than servant of God.

I imagine I get collapse by trying to anything

To be recognized and exalted by people as the slave of people.

I remember King Saul from the Old Testament.

Before he became a king,

He was once small in his own eyes (1 Sam. 15:17).

But after he became king of Israel and after he won the battle against the Amalekites,

He set up a monument in his own honor (v. 12).

Even as he disobeyed God’s command (vv. 3, 8-9).

Saul didn’t obey the Lord and pounced on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the Lord (v. 19)

And have sinned against God (v. 30).

But he caught hold of the hem of Samuel’s robe and asked him,

“But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel” (vv. 27, 30).

How ugly is this.  Do I want to be exalted by people this much?

Do I want to be exalted by people the more I am exalted by people?

The greed of possession is dangerous.

But it seems like the desire for honor is very dangerous.

But what good is it to have glorious honor in the eyes of people?

What good is it to have glorious resume that a person read during my funeral service

Since I have to go back to dust.

Everything is meaningless and meaningless.

This isn’t why God gave His begotten Son Jesus to die on the cross to save me,

Not just waste God’s given time for me to live in this earth.

I should remember and meditate this word of Jesus:

“If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing.  …” (Jn. 8:54).

I shouldn’t forget to pray like this: “Not to us, O LORD, not to us

but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.” (Ps. 115:1)