For some odd reason, there are people in our society who feel that they deserve top spot and deserve to be mention as best. We often find people doing a lot of self proclaiming "I'm the king" "I'm the best", when no one is agreeing with them. One thing that I was always taught was to not self proclaim, let God promote me to the position He would have me in. Because just like how we see people self proclaiming and positioning themselves to be head, we see how quickly they are removed or embarrassed because that is not who everyone else sees them as.
I am currently reading 1Kings. The book starts out telling how a man named Adonijah automatically put his self as king because David was old and on his deathbed. In those times, that was out of order and the rightful person to become king was Solomon. Adonijah did a bunch of self proclaiming, he even got some people involved, not to mention he threw a coronation for his self. (Who does that?) Nevertheless, word got back to David and he quickly reacted. He did what he had to do to make sure Solomon, the rightful successor became king. He did.
I am currently reading 1Kings. The book starts out telling how a man named Adonijah automatically put his self as king because David was old and on his deathbed. In those times, that was out of order and the rightful person to become king was Solomon. Adonijah did a bunch of self proclaiming, he even got some people involved, not to mention he threw a coronation for his self. (Who does that?) Nevertheless, word got back to David and he quickly reacted. He did what he had to do to make sure Solomon, the rightful successor became king. He did.
Adonijah was not only embarrassed, but scared for his life. Solomon told him he wouldn't kill him, yet a powerful lesson was learned. Firstly, you cannot force your way into a position that is not meant for you. Secondly, you should not promote your self, let others do it, because the demotion is that much more embarrassing.
Read 1Kings 1
Let God promote you, don't do it your self. Its okay to believe you are the best, but its better for others to say it. Until Next Time
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