we are never in more danger of glossing over our pride than during our time in the spotlight. The danger of self-deception is acute. I have good motivations, we reason, to expand my platform. I’m only looking for more influence so I can point more people to Christ. Are you sure you want to bank on that? Jeremiah 17:9 warns that “the heart is more deceitful than anything else and desperately incurable—who can understand it?” Ain’t that the truth! Most of us have less noble (albeit largely unintentional) motivations to lead and be known.
