Do Not Compare

Envy is an ugly monster. Even great followers of Christ, I think, can find themselves caught up with the green-eyed monster. How many times do we see someone do something, or get something, and we wish we had it too. It's very, very easy to find ourselves comparing others to us. But if we focus...if we can manage to focus on God and give him our envy and our attention, he can make it right.

Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this" Psalm 37:4,5

If we can manage to eschew that envy, to turn our focus away from the "stuff" and the doings of other men, God will show us what it is that we truly do want. "Delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." God knows us better than we know ourselves. He wants us to give him those selfish desires and those thoughts of envy. If we commit our way to the Lord- the whole way, not just part of the way, He will not only give us the desires of our heart, but he will free us from envy. He will take away those thoughts of envy.

"Trust in Him and he will do this. Trust in God and His will for your life, and not only will he free you from those thoughts of envy and selfishness, those thoughts that cause us to compare others to ourselves, but he will also give us the desire of our hearts. He will give- not sell, not barter, not loan- he will freely give. But he first step-the first giving must come from us. We need to give him our all, give him our hearts and give him complete control.