There are no great men of God, Only men of a great God.

"Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you" (Judges 8:22-23).

After Gideon's great victory over the Midianites, his countrymen wanted to make him King. They credited Gideon for delivering them from their enemy rather then giving God the glory. This occurred because they lost sight of the fact that behind this great victory was a great God. A well known preacher was a guest speaker at a church. As he prepared to take the pulpit, the Pastor of the church introduced him as a "great man of God." When the guest speaker stepped behind the pulpit to preach he began by saying, "There are no great men of God, Only men of a great God.

Israel drifted far away from God and into idolatry when they forgot that God was on the throne--that they were to trust and surrender to God's rule over their lives not man or self. When Christians fail to trust and submit to God's rule over their lives the resluts will be the same as the Israelites. We too will drift away from God and into idolatry. We will try to find in someone or something that which we can only truly find in God. Only when we know God and surrender to his rule over our lives will the deepest needs of our hearts be met--only then will we live a life that is worth living.

When we fail to recognize that God is on the throne--that he is in control we will experience insecuirty and fear in our lives. We will make decisions based on self interest not God's interest. This is exactly what the Israelites did in the book of Judges and they ended up doing all kinds of wicked and abominable evils. There testimony ended up being that every man did that which was right in their own eyes (Judges 17:6). Its been said that when Jesus is on the throne of your life self is on the cross, But when self is on the throne Jesus is on the cross. Who is on the throne of your life? Crown Jesus Lord or all!