Me:  Prodigal, nice catch!

 

Prodigal:  It was actually the biggest and best catch of the day.  You can just call me the best fisher pig ever!

 

Me:  Are you letting success get to your head?

 

Prodigal:  I could be….

 

Me:  Well let me quote Charles Spurgeon for you.

 

Success exposes a man to the pressure of people and thus tempts him to hold on to his gains by means of fleshly methods and practices, and let himself be ruled wholly by the dictatorial demands of incessant expansion.  Success can go to my head, and will unless I remember that it is God who accomplished the work, that He can continue to do so without my help, and that He will be able to make out with other means whenever He cuts me down to size.

 

O God, how you are not impressed with anything that I can accomplish.  You know that anything that was done that has been worthwhile has been through your Holy Spirit that is within me.  Let me remember and Praise Your HOLY NAME for what I have today!

 

And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
 Job 1:21

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org