It is a fearful thing when God is against you. He will raise you up, just to cut you down in the most dramatic fashion. Just as it is good for those of us whom God is FOR, it is a terrible thing for those whom God is AGAINST.
This is how God treated Pharoah of Egypt. It is as if God has raised him up to prominence, so that when he is cut down, everyone will see it and fear God. Would God really do that? He will raise up someone just to make an example out of him? Yes! 
“But for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power, so that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” Exodus 9:16Do not envy those who seem to be thriving. God may be raising them up to cut them down. How many celebrities and higher-ups in society have we witnessed facing spectacular falls after a dramatic rise? 
And do not raise our children to rise precipitously either. The faster they get to the top, the quicker they may fall on their faces… 
Learn to fear successes more than failures.
PH