# Success Might Be Hurting You | Hosea 10:1

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Podcast: [The Daily + Weekly by Vince Miller](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-weekly-by-vince-miller-525491)
Published: 2026-07-12T05:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome to The Daily. Today, I want to give a shoutout to Jeff Baker from Palm Coast, FL . Thank you so much for your partnership with us in Project23 . Grab your Hosea Scripture Journal. Our text today is Hosea 10:1 : Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more his fruit increased, the more altars he built; as his country improved, he improved his pillars. — Hosea 10:1 Success can be dangerous, and it rarely feels dangerous at first. Note Israel. They are "a luxuriant vine." In other words, they were fruitful, productive, expanding, and prosperous. There was progress in their time. Wealth was increasing. Structures were being built. Life felt stable and looked successful. And yet there is this underlying problem. "The more his fruit increased, the more [foreign] altars he built." Notice what's happening. Their progress did not drive them toward deeper surrender to God. It fed their independence from Him. Progress became prosperity, which became pride. They moved from God's blessing to self-congratulation. Material success has a subtle power over the human heart. It convinces us that we are the source of what only God provided. We start admiring what we built, what we earned, what we improved, what we accomplished. The operative word here is "we." Our house gets bigger. Our investments grow. Our business expands. Our upgrades increase. Our image sharpens. And with every improvement comes a hidden temptation: to believe we did this, therefore we deserve it. Success can quietly feed arrogance. Not noticeable arrogance. Refined arrogance. The kind that still mentions God occasionally while functionally trusting ourselves completely. When this happens, we stop praying with desperation because life feels manageable. We stop depending on God because systems, m…

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