Well, we talk often about glorifying God when things are hard, glorifying God in suffering

and in loss and even in death.

Philippians 120 is a key text for us, one that we've addressed now over 30 times on the

podcast and for good reason.

But what about glorifying God when things in life are good?

And especially when your business is flourishing?

That's our question today from a listener named Matt.

Hello, Pastor John, thank you for this podcast.

How should a Christian hedonist who is successful in business and a prominent leader speak in

front of others about their story?

It seems like many Christian business leaders, quote unquote, make their success story all

about themselves and then mask it all in a thin Christian wrapper.

So what is the best way to authentically and humbly recognize a position of leadership

and success, but to speak of it in a way that makes God look great?

I really appreciate this question, especially the way it's phrased there at the end, because

I think that is the goal of everything in life is to make God Christ look great.

But I am going to push it back one step.

Matt asks about how a successful person in a leadership position may speak.

So as to make God look great, and I'm going to push it back and say that almost everything

hangs on how a successful person in a leadership position thinks and feels about his success

and leadership.

I really do believe that if a person's thinking and feeling about his success and his work

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