Today's Coach is Mike MacIntosh. Today the enemy is Complacency.
Gideon just Won the Super Bowl. He Wiped out the opponent. Now Self Pride sets in. He gets Complacent. Judges 8:24-25
What is Complacency?
" A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy."
In other words Overconfident.
Gideon Thought he had Arrived. Nothing could get in his way not even God.
Remember this is the same Gideon that had to have Proof from God that he was the Right Guy For The Job.
He lacked Faith in Himself. Now God brings him Victory and he forgets God.
The "Ring" gets him. (Lord of the
Rings)
"Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall." Proverbs 16:8
Don't fall into the trap of thinking you can do it without God.
Don't think you are beyond the Work it took you to get to where you are.
Nebuchadnezzar thought he was above it all and God drove Him into the Wilderness for 7 years. The King of the World went Insane. Daniel
When Nebuchadnezzar came back he realized that God is in control of everything not him.
Say No to Complacency!
The De La Salle Football Team won 151 straight games over 12 years because they said no to Complacency.
"They Played every play like it was their last."
Now - Just Go! Win the Day!
Rick
Phil 4:13
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Then Gideon said to them, "I would like to make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder." For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites. So they answered, "We will gladly give them." And they spread out a garment, and each man threw into it the earrings from his plunder.
Judges 8:24-25
God used Gideon in powerful ways, but here we see that Gideon turns around and snubs his nose at God.
Even after some of the greatest battles and accomplishments that came his way through the Lord's help, Gideon turns around and creates a golden idol to be worshiped.
This is exactly what Aaron did when he allowed the golden calf to be made. After seeing this disaster, the book of Exodus records:
"Now when Moses saw that the people were unrestrained (for Aaron had not restrained them, to their shame among their enemies), then Moses stood in the entrance of the camp, and said, 'Whoever is on the Lord's side--come to me!'" (Exodus 32:25-26a).
Proverbs 29:18 says, "Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint."
And that's exactly what happened to Aaron and to Gideon; they forgot what it meant to hunger and thirst for the things of the Lord, and they cast Him off.
They forgot the word of the Lord and His revelation to them.
How does that happen? How is it that one minute you and I can be spiritual men and women, and the next minute we're cursing somebody who is made in the image of God?
How is it that one minute we're so humble in the presence of the Lord, and then we're over at a department store pushing people out of line at the sale table so we can get that sweater we wanted?
I think, just like Gideon, that this sort of "spiritual schizophrenia" comes from a heart that doesn't put God in His proper place in our lives.
We think we deserve so much, and therefore should get the credit for everything that is accomplished. But that's so ungrateful to the One who created us!
Paul said that God uses the foolish to confound the wise (1 Corinthians 1:27). Be careful that your pride and your ego don't run the show. You are who you are because God made you. You do what you do because He's put it in you. You have the influence you do because He's working around you.
And if you ever see yourself more highly than that, you're in big trouble. So, when really good things or victories come your way, don't allow the flesh to get in the way; allow the Holy Spirit to keep you humble and thankful.
Read Through the Bible in 1 Year
Today:
Numbers 3:1-4:49
Mark 8:1-21
Psalm 30:1-7
Proverbs 10:30-32
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