Stop Digging Ditches!
by Apostle Adrienne Williams
People of God, when a leader willfully steps into the place of UNJUSTLY attempting to discredit another leader or their ministry just to make themselves or their ministry "look good", trying to gain "members" for their ministry or for personal gain, they have just taken on the role of a character assassin. They figure if they can "kill" your character, your credibility and "kill" the influence that God has given you then they can gain everything else that God has given to your oversight including His people!
If a leader has to "tear down" another ministry just to build up their own, then they should already know that the foundation that they now build upon is nothing more than quickly sinking sand! It will NEVER be to a leader's advantage to attempt to maliciously OR SUBTLY tear down another leader for their own personal gain. Those type movements only speak VOLUMES in reference to the character and integrity of the person doing the damage. And THAT character is certainly NOT of God.
It is written, "15 He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made." (Psalm 7;15 NKJV). Never be found attempting to dig a ditch for another. I don't believe that those who function as such really realize that they are engaging in SELF SABOTAGE! In other words, if they keep digging the ditch, they WILL fall in their own ditch!
Now (OR EVER) is the time to be found "digging ditches" for others and we certainly SHOULD NOT (as many do) do it in the name of Jesus and in the name of building a ministry or a church. Now is the time to PUT THE SHOVEL DOWN and begin to WORK WITH not AGAINST one another. To slander another person is merely a display of an attempt at self exaltation. And, of course, we all know that he who exalts himself WILL BE humbled!
Grace and peace,
Apostle Adrienne Williams
(NOTE: Before someone goes into the whole "rampage" concerning corrupt leadership, allow me to point out that they KEY word in this is "UNJUSTLY!" Many will overlook that one word. I, by no means, condone any corrupt leadership. Those in error should, indeed, be corrected. HOWEVER, equally so, NOT ALL leadership is to be classified in the SAME category because there are yet many of US who HAVE NOT bowed to Baal! In other words, there are still many of us to have GOD and the best interest of His people at heart. Blessings!)
If a leader has to "tear down" another ministry just to build up their own, then they should already know that the foundation that they now build upon is nothing more than quickly sinking sand! It will NEVER be to a leader's advantage to attempt to maliciously OR SUBTLY tear down another leader for their own personal gain. Those type movements only speak VOLUMES in reference to the character and integrity of the person doing the damage. And THAT character is certainly NOT of God.
It is written, "15 He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made." (Psalm 7;15 NKJV). Never be found attempting to dig a ditch for another. I don't believe that those who function as such really realize that they are engaging in SELF SABOTAGE! In other words, if they keep digging the ditch, they WILL fall in their own ditch!
Now (OR EVER) is the time to be found "digging ditches" for others and we certainly SHOULD NOT (as many do) do it in the name of Jesus and in the name of building a ministry or a church. Now is the time to PUT THE SHOVEL DOWN and begin to WORK WITH not AGAINST one another. To slander another person is merely a display of an attempt at self exaltation. And, of course, we all know that he who exalts himself WILL BE humbled!
Grace and peace,
Apostle Adrienne Williams
(NOTE: Before someone goes into the whole "rampage" concerning corrupt leadership, allow me to point out that they KEY word in this is "UNJUSTLY!" Many will overlook that one word. I, by no means, condone any corrupt leadership. Those in error should, indeed, be corrected. HOWEVER, equally so, NOT ALL leadership is to be classified in the SAME category because there are yet many of US who HAVE NOT bowed to Baal! In other words, there are still many of us to have GOD and the best interest of His people at heart. Blessings!)
