Who do you listen to?

By Alli Geiger 

    Currently, I have been trying to figure out what I want to do for my career. I have some options, all very similar, and I am in the process of meeting with people who currently have those careers. In my search, I am looking for people who have succeeded. I am looking for people who when they applied were accepted. It’s the rule of thumb. You seek advice from people who are winners. Very rarely do people ask for tips and suggestions from someone who has lost. It doesn’t make sense, does it? We seek advice and listen to those who succeed in this world. So why do we so often listen to someone who has already lost? 

“And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Revelation 20:10)

“The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” (Romans 16:20) 

“And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years” (Revelation 20:2)

“And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” (Revelation 20:9) 

“For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment” (2 Peter 2:4)

“But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, “The Lord rebuke you.”” (Jude 1:9) 

So who do you listen to? Winners? Or losers?

Alli Geiger is a McConnell Scholar in the class of 2026. She is studying political science and Arabic at the University of Louisville.