Excuse me! David was a Shepard that wasn't even recognized by his own father as the possible new king of Israel. His father, when hearing the the High priest was coming to see his sons for that position didn't even call him from the fields. It was after the high priest could not anoint the other sons that Jessy even told him he had another Son. Even after David killed Goliath David played the harp for Kind Saul when he was down. David was one of the most unassuming people in the Bible.
Is that so?
God uses people
in spite of their faults.
He chooses and uses them and humbles them
along the way.
You don't enter into God's leadership already perfected and sanctified, that's not how it works.
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King David took it upon himself to
murder one of his best captains after adulterating and impregnating the man's wife and then
didn't even consider it wrong till Nathan spelled it out for him (that
reeks of pride!)
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King David indulged in pride in counting his kingdom and this was prideful and displeasing to God
-- The reason David's father didn't count him as potential king had nothing to do with David being humble, it was because he didn't think his son looked like a king (short and ruddy).
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Apostle Paul had such an enormous pride problem that God had to allow satan to afflict him to keep him in line.
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Peter was a loud mouthed FOOL who constantly stuck his foot in his mouth in great pride and even had the nerve to call Jesus a liar when Jesus said he'd deny Him.
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Elijah openly MOCKED, made fun of, and jeered at the prophets of Baal (try doing that today and see where it gets you)
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Moses was so full of himself he tried to fulfill his calling in his own power by killing an Egyptian.
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King Saul was so puffed up he figured he knew better than God and directly disobeyed His instructions. He was also full of envy and insecurities, and even consulted a medium.
ALL of God's Chosen children had pride problems, friend -- ALL of them -- God perfected them along the way. -- Some started in pride and allowed sanctification to take place while others ended up more prideful than they started.
Truth be known,
every one of us has pride problems - Pride is the main condition we're afflicted with and have in common. I've met people who act very humble on the outside but then it was revealed to me that inside they were filled with enormous pride in the guise of 'false humility' - but the pride is still there and it's just as ugly to God as the person who doesn't hide it.
God looks at the heart.
Look at it this way:
People look at someone like Trump and call him arrogant & prideful (most of us would agree as we clearly see the outward behavior). Then we compare him to some other leader who says all the right things, but they learned to hide their pride under the pretense of false humility.
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King Cyrus was not a believer in Yahweh but God specifically anointed him to deliver His people in the nation he ruled in. It's recorded Cyrus paid homage to the Babylonian god 'Marduk'.
I imagine "Cyrus the Great" as he was known, wasn't the most humble of leaders, yet God used him anyway.
This is what the LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut - Isa 45:1
why would God pick a loser like Trump just because some human's think he's a winner.
Well why wouldn't He?
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong - 1 Cor 1:27
If He wants to use Trump to accomplish His will, then He will do so.
God is not in the habit of doing what we expect or even what we want.
He does what He deems is right, and often uses those whom we look down on and dismiss as "foolish" to accomplish it.
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