"The lord is far more interested in what we are like as people than all of our accomplishments and achievements."
In this chapter, the author points out how a leadership role in the church should not be filled by an immature Christian. When an immature Christian is in charge of leading worship, they will become prideful when praised and this causes tension between leaders in the church. The three reasons why this may occur is 1. The pastor could have made a poor decision when choosing a leader, 2. The pastor did not effectively mentor the leader, or 3. The congregation gave the leader too much praise.
I agree with the author in that we should try hard to find a leader who is spiritually mature. In order for people to follow, you need to know where you're going. With this in mind, it's interesting that Valley trusts students to lead worship because we are all spiritually immature to some extent...
I've definitely seen how over-praise can be a negative thing too. When people are giving a certain person to much praise, that person will start doing what they do so that they can receive that praise again, rather than wanting to do what they do just to praise God. Their motivations and intentions are skewed.
I guess the best thing we can do is to keep each other in check and keep our focus on what's important: our relationships with God.
