Celebrities have a tough row to hoe. Their success has made them larger than life. They are recognized wherever they go. They have more money than they can ever use. And they think that their status gives them superior wisdom in every area of life.
Experts tell us that Mrs. Harris did not benefit from all of the celebrity endorsements. Regular people do not care what celebrities think.
In our Fellowship we have been spared the celebrity pastor by pastor Mitchell's wisdom to stay off of television. He knew that we could do more, and do it better, by flying under the world's radar. He knew that media appeals to human pride and man's ego and he seemed to know that keeping men humble in their success will preserve them for future ministry.
We have very few pastors who would be big stars on public media. No high flyers or handsome men to put before a camera. No one to create a stir just by being there.
Most men do not die in the valley of struggle and despair. Most men leap from the pinnacle of success, never to be heard from again.
"Then the devil took him up into the holy city, set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, if you are the son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: He shall give his angels charge over you, and, in their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, it is written again, you shall not tempt the Lord your God." Mat.4:6-7
If you are tempted to be a celebrity pastor or a professional music minister, ask the Lord for help to keep you grounded, and to keep you humble, and to keep you from falling. Go home to your family, return to your local church, tear up the contracts, and serve the Lord with gladness again.
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